IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethylbenzene with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Ethylbenzene; C8H10; [100-41-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   McAuliffe, C., Nature (London) 1963, 200, 1092-3.

Variables:
   Temperature = 25 °C

Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski and Z. Maczynska

Experimental Remarks:

   The solubility of ethylbenzene in water at 25°C was reported to be 0.0159 g(1)/100 g sln.

The corresponding mole fraction, x1, calculated by the compilers is 2.70 × 10–5.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The saturated solution of (1) in (2) was prepared by either shaking vigorously on a reciprocal 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: 0.0008 (std. dev. of mean)
   Temperature: ± 1.5°C