IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Hexane with Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Hexane; C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Nelson, H.D.; De Ligny, C.L., Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas 1968, 87, 528-44.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 4-55 °C

 Prepared By:
   M.C. Haulait-Pirson

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of hexane in water
t/°C106 * Mole Fraction x1
4.03.42 ± 0.34
14.03.17 ± 0.52
25.018.33.83 ± 0.47
35.02.69 ± 0.26
45.022.24.64 ± 0.72
55.021.24.42 ± 0.26
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The saturation vessel is drawn in the original paper. (2) was saturated with (10 via the vapor phase: a few drops of a tight-fitting flask filled with water. Complete saturation was reached by shaking overnight in an upright position. Samples were taken from the aqueous solution with a microsyringe through the septum and injected into the gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. The gas chromatographic conditions are described in the paper.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Fluka purum.
   (2) tap-water was refluxed for 8 hours in the presence of Kmno4 and KOH and distilled. The whole process was repeated once more.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: error given above (90% probability interval)