IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Hexane with Seawater
Components:
   (1) Hexane; C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Seawater; ; []  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Krasnoschchekova, R.Ya.; Gubergrits, M.Ya., Neftekhimiya 1973, 13, 885-8.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 25 °C
   Concentration = 6 g/kg sln

 Prepared By:
   M. Kleinschmidt

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of hexane in seawater was reported to be 7.55 x 10-3 g(1)/100 g sln and the corresponding mole fraction, x1 = 1.3 x 10-5.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   A saturated solution was prepared by vigourously stirring hydrocarbon (1) in seawater (2) for 10-12 hrs. in a flask placed in a temperature controlled bath. A samle of solution was then transferred to a closed flask with head space volum equal to solution volume. Hydrocarbon concentration in the head space was determined by gas chromatography and the corresponding solution concentration calculated.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) "chemically pure"
   (2) distilled water plus salt mixture.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: not specified.