298.15 303.15 308.15 D1 D2 S D1 D2 S D1 D2 S 0.1516 0.9048 5.9683 0.1146 0.4356 3.8010 0.1289 0.4545 3.5260 0.1613 0.8943 5.5443 0.1253 0.4672 3.7296 0.1347 0.4673 3.4692 0.1727 0.8378 4.8512 0.1360 0.5000 3.6765 0.1412 0.4844 3.4306 0.1872 0.8475 4.5270 0.1463 0.5247 3.5840 0.1533 0.5098 3.3255 0.2055 0.8433 4.1036 0.1588 0.5590 3.5209 0.1669 0.5102 3.0569 0.2235 0.8542 3.8219 0.1731 0.5983 3.4564 0.1792 0.5455 3.0438 D1 and D2 are the distribution coefficients of water and lactic acid respectively

Table 7: Distribution coefficients (Di) and Separation factors (S) for Water + Lactic acid + Butyl acetate at 298.15K, 303.15K and 308.15K.