IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Benzene with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Benzene; C6H6; [71-43-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Milligan, L.H., J. Phys. Chem. 1924, 28, 494-7.

Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 25 °C

Prepared By:
   G.T. Hefter

Experimental Remarks:

   The solubility of benzene in water at 25 °C was reported to be 0.07 mL (1)/100 ml (2).

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   20 cm3 of benzene/air vapor were introduced into a glass cell, containing 120 cm3 of air-saturated distilled water in a thermostatted water bath. The apparatus was removed from the bath and shaken for two minutes to bring about equilibrium. Benzene solubility in water was determined by analysis of the vapor by combustion in a Haldane apparatus before and after equilibration.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) not specified.
   (2) distilled.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: not specified.