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IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106
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:
Tarassenkow, D.N.; Poloshinzewa, E.N., Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1932, 65B, 184-6.
Variables:
Temperature = 5-73 °C
Prepared By:
A. Maczynski and Z. Maczynska
Experimental Data:
(Notes on the Nomenclature)
Solubility of water in benzene
t/°C
g
2
/100 g solution
10
3
* Mole Fraction x
2
(compiler)
5
0.024
1.0
9.5
0.034
1.5
14.5
0.041
1.8
22.5
0.060
2.6
32
0.082
3.5
40
0.102
4.4
56
0.181
7.8
67.5
0.251
10.8
73
0.300
12.9
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
Alexjew's method was used (ref 1). No additional details were reported in the paper.
Source and Purity of Materials:
(1) Kahlbaum, CP; dried over calcium chloride and distilled from sodium, purity not specified.
(2) not specified.
Estimated Errors:
Solubility: ± 0.01% (not specified).
References:
1
Alexejew, W. Wied. Ann. Physik 1886, 28, 35.