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:
   Hayashi, M.; Sasaki, T., Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 1956, 29, 857-9.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 20 and 25 °C

 Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of benzene in water
t/°Cg1/100 g solution104 * Mole Fraction x1
200.1373.16
250.1804.16
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The experiment has been described for the determination of the solubility in a ternary system (1)-(2)-Tween 80.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) source not specified; shaken repeatedly with concentrated H2SO4, boiled with H2, recrystallized several times and distilled over Na metal.
   (2) not specified.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: more than 0.4 g(1)/100 g sln (type of error not specified).