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:
   Stearns, R.S.; Oppenheimer, H.; Simon, E.; Harkins, W.D., J. Chem. Phys. 1947, 15, 496-507.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 25°C

 Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski and D. Shaw

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of benzene in water at 25 °C was reported to be 0.086 and 0.085 g(1)/100 g sln.
The corresponding mass percent and mole fraction, x1, calculated by the compiler are 0.085 g(1)/100 g sln and 2.0 x 10-4.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Mixtures of (1) in (2) of known composition were shaken for at least 48 hours. The turbidity was then measured with a photometer. Turbidities of several mixture compositions were plotted and the sharp break point taken as the solubility.

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

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 3 K