IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Pentane with Sodium Chloride and Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Pentane; C5H12; [109-66-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Sodium Chloride; NaCl; [7647-14-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Price, L.C., Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull. 1976, 60, 213-44.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 25 °C
   Concentration = Salinity: 1-360 g(2)/kg sln

 Prepared By:
   M. Kleinschmidt and D. Shaw

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of Pentane in Aqueous NaCl
t/°Cg2/kg103 * g1/100 g solutionMole Fraction x1 (compiler)
251.0023.689.19
2510.0003.458.67
2534.472a2.767.05
2550.0302.265.84
25125.1001.092.95
25199.9000.5911.67
25279.8000.2640.777
25358.7000.2010.614
 Notes:
   Table 1  a  Artificial seawater, composition not specified but probably similar to ref 1.

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Details given in the source. (1) was equilibrated with NaCl solution for one month. An aliquot was analyzed directly by gas chromatography.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) commercial, 99 + % pure

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: ± 10 relative %
   Temperature: ± 1 K

 References:
   1Lyman, J.; Fleming, R.H.; J. Mar. Res. 1940, 3, 135.