ABE	Acetone butanol ethanol
FTIR	Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
GC-MS	Gas chromatography mass spectrometry
HPLC	High Performance Liquid Chromatography
MFC	Mass flow controller
NRTL	Non-random two-liquid model
SNPs	Silica nano particles (Surface modified with CTAB)
STP	Standard temperature and pressure (273.15 K, 101.325 kPa)Greek letters
γ	Activity coefficient
β	Separation factor
α	Selectivity