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:
   McAuliffe, C., Nature (London) 1963, 200, 1092-3; J. Phys. Chem. 1966, 70, 1267-75.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 25°C

 Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski and Z. Maczynska

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of benzene in water at 25 °C was reported to be 0.1780 g(1)/100 g sln.
The corresponding mole fraction, x1, calculated by the compilers is 4.11 x 10-4.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The saturated solution of (1) in (2) was prepared by either shaking vigorously on a reciprical shaker or stirring for several days with a magnetic stirrer.
A 0.05 mL or 0.10 mL sample of the hydrocarbon-saturated water was injected directly into a gas liquid chromatograph.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Phillips Petroleum Co.; 99+%; used as received.
   (2) distilled.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: 0.0045 (standard deviation of mean)
   Temperature: ± 1.5 K