IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Benzene with Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Benzene; C6H6; [71-43-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Schwarz, F.P., Anal. Chem. 1980, 52, 10-15.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 23.5 °C

 Prepared By:
   M.C. Haulait-Pirson

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of benzene in water at 23.5 °C
t/°Cg1/100 g solution104 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
23.50.188 ± 0.005*a4.34
23.50.188 ± 0.009 b4.34
23.50.182 ± 0.007 c4.20
23.50.193 ± 0.011 d4.45
23.50.190 ± 0.007 e4.38
 Notes:
   Table 1  *  values determined for different masses of (1) coated into the inert support. A: 0.014; b: 0.0154; c: 0.0124; d: 0.0464; e: 0.0526 g/cm

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   An elution chromatography method was used where (1) was the stationary phase and (2) the mobile phase. A transparent column was packed with an inert support (chromosorb P) coated with a known amount of the liquid solute (1). This solute column was connected to a water reservoir (connected to a compressed gas regulator). Water was forced through the column by the pressure of the column by the pressure of the compressed gas (ca. 14 kPa). As the total volume of water flowing through the column increased, a solute depleted zone, different in color from the stationary phase, developed and increased in length. The solubility is calculated from the amount of solute removed from the column, i.e. length of the solute depleted zone, and the volume of water passed through the column. Many details about preparation of the solute column and calculation are given in the paper.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) spectral grade used without further purification
   (2) distilled

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: 4% (average std. dev.)
   Temperature: ± 1.5°C