IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Toluene with Artificial seawater

Components:
   (1) Artificial seawater; ; []  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Toluene; C7H8; [108-88-3]  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 toluene in artificial seawater
t/°Cg1/100 g solution105 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
0.190.0449 (0.0006)9.0
5.320.0429 (0.0007)8.60
10.050.0416 (0.0008)8.34
14.960.0405 (0.0008)8.12
20.040.0397 (0.0008)7.96
Notes:
   Table 1  a  numbers in parentheses are standard deviations from 4 observations

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Solubilities were calculated from partition coefficient measurements for the hydrocarbon between an aqueous solution and its vapor using headspace chromatography.
The apparatus and the method of obtaining the partition coefficients are described in detail in the paper. The hydrocarbon was introduced as a vapor (to avoid emulsification) into a glass equilibration cell containing about 45 cm3 of water. The vapor was subsequently analysed 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 percent 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.