IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethylbenzene with Artificial seawater
Components:
   (1) Artificial Seawater; ; []  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Ethylbenzene; C8H10; [100-41-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Brown, R.L.; Wasik, S.P., J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stds. A. 1974, 78, 453-60.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 0 °C - 20 °C   
pH = Salinity: 34.42 g salts/kg sln
   Concentration = Salinity: 34.42 g salts/kg sln

 Prepared By:
   G.T. Hefter and D.G. Shaw

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of ethylbenzene in artificial seawater
t/°Cg1/100 g solution105 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
0.190.0140 (0.0002)2.44
5.320.0133 (0.0003)2.31
10.050.0129 (0.0003)2.25
14.960.0125 (0.0003)2.18
20.040.0122 (0.0003)2.12
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Solubilities were calculated from partition coefficient measurements for the hydrocarbon between an aqueous solution and its vapor using headspace chromatography.
The apparatus and the method of obtaining the partition coefficients are described in detail in the paper. The hydrocarbon was introduced as a vapor (to avoid emulsification) into a glass equilibration cell containing about 45 L of water. The vapor was subsequently analysed by gas chromatography using He as the carrier. Possible sources of error are discussed in detail although the source of vapor pressure data used to calcualte solubilities are not given.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) 99.99 mole per cent purity; source and methods of purification not specified.
   (2) Prepared according to ref 1. Purity not specified.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: see table above.
   Temperature: ± 0.01 K

 References:
   1Sverdrup, H.U.; Johnson, M.W.; Fleming, R.H.; The Oceans, 1942, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, p186.