 Ideal binary vapor composition

For the stipulated A/B ideal solution, put $x=x_A$. At the fixed temperature $300\mathrm{K}$, Raoult's law reduces toThe relative volatility is $\alpha =p_A^{\ast }/p_B^{\ast }=4$. For $0<x<1$,Hence every interior vapor-liquid equilibrium pair in this chosen model has A-enriched vapor; neither pure endpoint is enriched. Conversely,For example, $y_A=1/2$ corresponds to $x_A=1/5$, $p_A=p_B=16\mathrm{kPa}$ and $P=32\mathrm{kPa}$. Equal vapor mole fractions therefore need not mean equal liquid mole fractions.

These are fixed-temperature predictions. During boiling at a specified external pressure, the temperature instead adjusts until ${\sum }_i{x}_i{p}_i^{\ast }(T)=P_{\mathrm{external}}$. The two stipulated vapor pressures specify only one temperature; they provide no boiling-temperature curve.