The effect of adding a 5 mol% alcohol modifier to carbon dioxide being mixed with hexane at 308.15 K and 12.40 MPa is investigated using an isothermal high-pressure flow calorimeter. Excess molar enthalpies (H-m(E)) are determined for the ternary mixtures [CO2(x(1)) + methanol(x(2)) + hexane(x(3))] and [CO2(x(1)) + octanol(x(2)) + hexane(x(3))] where x(1)/x(2) = 95/5 at 308.15 K and 12.40 MPa. The ternary excess enthalpy data are then compared to excess enthalpy data for CO, + hexane mixtures. Mixing becomes more endothermic for both alcohols; the H-m(E) maximum value increases ca. 200 J mol(-1). Excess enthalpy data for the methanol + hexane and octanol + hexane mixtures at 308.15 K and 12.40 MPa. are also reported. For both alcohols, mixtures show endothermic mixing: H-m(E) maximum values are ca. 500 J mol(-1). H-m(E) values are discussed in terms of the critical locus and phase equilibria of the systems involved. Binary excess enthalpy data for the five binary systems involved in this study were correlated using both a Pade function and the Peng-Robinson equation of state. These correlations are used to predict ternary data. Predictions obtained using the Peng-Robinson EOS in combination with the classical mixing rule are much more accurate than those obtained using the Pade function. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.