IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: p-Cymene with Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) p-Cymene; C10H14; [99-87-6]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Evaluator:
   G.T. Hefter, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, W.A., Australia. March 1986.

 Critical Evaluation:
   Quantitative solubility data for the p-cymene (1) – water (2) system have been reported in the publications listed in Table 1.

The original data in all of these publications are compiled in the Data Sheets immediately following this Critical Evaluation. For convenience further discussion of this system will be divided into two parts.


1. SOLUBILITY OF p-CYMENE (1) IN WATER (2)

Only two solubility values are available, both at 298K, but they are in poor agreement. The value of 0.04g(1)/100g s1n reported by Booth and Everson (ref 1) is more than an order of magnitude greater than the value of 2.34 x 10-3 g(1)/100g s1n reported by Banerjee et al. (ref 3). On the basis of comparison with similar systems the value of Banerjee et al. is more realistic


2. SOLUBILITY OF WATER (2) IN p-CYMENE (1)

Only the values of Englin et al. (ref 2) are available and so no Critical Evaluation is possible. However, it may be noted that the data of Englin et al. are generally reliable at T < 300K but somewhat high at greater temperatures. The interested user is referred to the relevant Data Sheet for experimental values.



 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
Table 1. Quantitative Solubility Studies of the p-Cymene (1) - Water (2) System
AuthorT/KReferenceSolubilityMethod
Booth and Everson2981(1) in (2)volumetric
Englin et al.283-3032(2) in (1)analytical
Banerjee et al.2983(1) in (2)GLC
 References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)
   1  Booth, H.S.; Everson, H.E., Ind. Eng. Chem. 1948, 40, 1491-3.
   2  Englin, B.A.; Plate, A.F.; Tugolukov, V.M. Pryanishnikova, M.A., Khim. Tekhnol. Topl. Masel 1965, 10, 42-6.
   3  Banerjee, S.; Yalkowsky, S.H.; Valvani, S.C., Environ. Sci. Technol. 1980, 14, 1227-9.