IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethene with Hexane and Dodecane

Components:
   (1) Ethene; C2H4; [74-85-1]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Hexane; C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Dodecane; C12H26; [112-40-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sahgal, A.; Hayduk, W., J. Chem. Eng. Data 1979, 24, 222-227.

Variables:
   Temperature = 298.15 K
   Pressure = 101.325 kPa

Prepared By:
   W. Hayduk

Experimental Remarks:

   Values for pure solvents were previously given (in Ref. 1).

Experimental Data:   (Subscripts 1,2,3, ..., in column headings refer to components 1,2,3, ...)
  
t/°CT/KMole Fraction (x1)Mole Fraction (x3)x3 NoteVolume NoteVolume Fraction Phasea
25298.150.02070210 (Hexane)
25298.150.02070.155210.241
25298.150.02060.261210.380
25298.150.02050.296210.422
25298.150.02060.367210.502
25298.150.02050.442210.578
25298.150.02070.722210.821
25298.150.02140.871210.922
25298.150.02161.000211.0 (Dodecane)
Notes:
   1  Volume fraction is based on volumes of two liquid components before mixing.
   2  Mole fraction is shown on a gas-free basis.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The apparatus utilized a continuous flow of deaerated solvent injected into a glass absorption spiral tube by means of a calibrated syringe pump. The mixed solvent was prepared volumetrically then deaerated and a sample analyzed by a density measurement. A mercury lift device was used for continuously adjusting the residual volume at constant pressure in a gas storage burette. Solvent injection and gas consumption rates were used to calculate solubilities. This paper also includes solution densities and refractive indices as well as ethene molecular diffusivities in the solutions.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   1. Ethene was CP grade from Matheson with minimum purity of 99.5 mole %. Molar volume used at 298.15 K and 101.325 kPa was 24, 326 cm3/mole.
   2. Hexane was from Fisher; purity 99.0 mole %.
   3. Dodecane was research grade from Phillips Petroleum, 99.0 mole % purity.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: δz3 = ± 0.001
δx1/x1 = ± 0.02
   Temperature: δT/K = ± 0.05
   Pressure: δP/P = ± 0.01

References:
   1. Sahgal, A.; La, H.M.; Hayduk, W., Can. J. Chem. Eng. 1978, 56, 354.