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Application of MIVM for Pb-Sn system in vacuum distillation( Lingxin KONG a,b,c , Bin YANG a,b,c,*, Yifu LI a,b,c, Baoqiang XU a,b,c, Dachun LIU a, Guobin JIA a,b,c a The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, PR China b State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clear Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, PR China c Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, PR China The activity coefficients of components of Pb–Sn binary alloy system were calculated based on the molecular interaction volume model (MIVM). A significant advantage of this model lies in its ability to predict the thermodynamic properties of liquid alloys using only two binary infinite activity coefficients. Based on the MIVM, the vapor–liquid phase equilibrium of Pb–Sn alloy system in vacuum distillation has been predicted using the activity coefficients of Pb and Sn. The results showed that the content of tin in vapor phase was 0.008 wt.% while in liquid phase 83 wt.% at 1173 K (900 ℃), it reached 0.022 wt.% in vapor phase while in liquid phase 92 wt.% at 1223 K (950 ℃) and 0.052 wt.% in vapor phase while in liquid phase 97.88 wt.% at 1273 K (1000 ℃). The content of tin in vapor phase increased with distillation temperature increasing. Experimental investigations into the separation of Pb and Sn from Pb–Sn alloy by vacuum distillation were carried out for the proper interpretation of the results of the model. Influence of the distillation time (20–80 minutes) and the distillation temperatures of 1173, 1223 and 1273 K (900, 950 and 1000 ℃) on the separating effect were also studied. The experimental results showed that the content of tin in vapor phase was 0.085 wt.% while in liquid phase 83 wt.% under the following operational conditions: distillation temperature of 1173 K (900 ℃), evaporation time of 20 minutes, and chamber pressure of 20 Pa, i