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:
   Durand, R., C.R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 1948, 226, 409-10.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 16 °C

 Prepared By:
   M.C. Haulait-Pirson

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of benzene in water at 16 °C was reported to be 1.65 cm3 (1)/dm3 (2).

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method described in ref 1 was used. Addition of pipetted volumes of (1) to (2) followed by shaking is repeated till apperance of turbidity.

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

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: ± 0.05 cm3(1)/dm3(2)

 References:
   1Durand, R. C.R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 1946, 223, 898-900.