IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Naphthalene with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Naphthalene; C10H8; [91-20-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Schwarz, F.P., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 273-7.

Variables:
   Temperature = 8.4 °C - 31.8 °C

Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of naphthalene in water
t/°C104 * Concentration c1 [mol dm**-3]g1/100 g solution (compiler)g1/100 g soln. Note (compiler)106 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
8.41.40 ± 0.021.7932.52
11.11.49 ± 0.031.9132.68
14.01.66 ± 0.052.1332.99
17.51.88 ± 0.032.4133.39
20.22.07 ± 0.022.6533.73
23.22.22 ± 0.032.8534.00
25.02.36 ± 0.023.0334.25
26.32.48 ± 0.023.1834.47
29.22.68 ± 0.023.4434.83
31.82.83 ± 0.023.6335.10
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Two methods were used.
At 25°C the solubility of (1) in (2) was determined from UV absorption measurements and was used as a standard at other temperatures. At other temperatures the spectrofluorimetry method was used.
The sealed fluorescence cells contained 5 mL of the aqueous solution and an excess of (1) were rotated at least 72 h in a water bath, then removed, quickly wiped dry and placed in the fluorimeter.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) source not specified; better than 99.9 mole%, by glc; used as received.
   (2) distilled over KMnO4 and Na OH and passed through a Sephadex column.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: see above
   Temperature: ± 0.1°C