Table 2. Summary of Suggest Exemplar Mixtures for the Applications Discussed in the Text (Compositions in mol %).

application	typical process conditions (T, P)	single component	idealized	multicomponent	realistic
CO2 capture (coal-fired combustion)	25–50 °C, 1 atm	CO2, N2	15/85 CO2/NO2	15/85 CO2/N2 with 100% RH	15/85 CO2/N2 with 100% RH and ppm of SO2, NO2, and/or HgCl2
CO2 capture (natural gas fired combustion)	25–50 °C, 1 atm	CO2, N2	15/85 CO2/NO2	15/85 CO2/N2 with 100% RH	15/85 CO2/N2 with 100% RH and ppm of SO2 and NO2
natural gas storage	25–50 °C, 1–50 atm	CH4	95/5 CH4/C2H6	95/2.6/0.2/1.5/0.7 CH4/C2H6/C3H8/N2/CO2	multicomponent mixture + 0.01% C5H12, 0.01% C6H14 and ppm mercaptan
capture of U from seawater	ambient T and P		deionized water + sea salt + 5 ppm U	deionized water + sea salt + 5 ppm U + 2 ppm V	“simulated seawater” (ref (28))
CO2 reduction reaction products	25–50 °C, 1 atm	C2H4, CO2,	25/75 C2H4/CH4 or 50/50 C2H4/CO2	30/30/20/15/5 CH4/C2H6/H2O/CO2	10/20/18/3/2/6/1/40 CH4/C2H4/CO2/H2O/C2H5OH/CO/CH3CHO/H2
crude oil	100–400 °C (distillation); 25–150 °C (membranes)	toluene, hexane, cyclohexane, 1-methylnaphthalene	90/10 toluene/triisopropylbenzene or 90/10hexane/isocetane	90 mol % toluene, <1 mol % of p-xylene, o-xylene, mesitylene, 1-methylnaphthalene, biphenyl, triisopropylenzene, isocetane, dodecane, pristane, dodecylbenzene, n-docosane	“simulated light shale”: toluene, 17 mol %; methylcyclohexane, 28 mol %; n-octane, 22 mol %; iso-octane, 15 mol %; tert-butylbenzene, 2.2 mol %; decalin, 11 mol %; triisopropylbenzene, 1.6 mol %; isocetane, 1.3 mol %