IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Benzene with Artificial seawater
Components:
   (1) Artificial seawater; ; []  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Benzene; C6H6; [71-43-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Brown, R.L.; Wasik, S.P., J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stds. A. 1974, 78, 453-60.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 0-20°C
   Concentration = Salinity: 34.42 g salts/kg sln

 Prepared By:
   G.T. Hefter and D.G. Shaw

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of benzene in water in artificial seawater
t/°Cg1/100 g solution104 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
0.190.1323 (0.0017)3.129
5.320.1376 (0.0022)3.255
10.050.1347 (0.0023)3.186
14.960.1318 (0.0025)3.117
20.040.1296 (0.0022)3.065
 Notes:
   Table 1  a  number in parentheses are standard deviations from 4 observations

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Solubilities were calculated from partition coefficent measurements for the hydrocarbon between an aqueous solution and its vapor using chromatography.
The apparatus and the method of obtaining the partition coefficents are described in detail in the paper. The hydrocarbon was introduced as a vapor (to avoid emulsification) into a glass equilibrium cell containing about 45 cm3 of water. The vapor was subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography using He as the carrier. Possible sources of error are discussed in detail although the source of vapor pressure data used to calculate solubilities are not given.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) 99.99 mole per cent purity; source and methods of purification not specified.
   (2) Prepared according to ref. 1. Purity not specified.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: see table above
   Temperature: ± 0.01 K

 References:
   1Sverdrup, H.U.; Johnson, M.W.; Fleming, R.H.; The Oceans 1942, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey p186.