IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: Anthracene with 1,2,3,5-Tetranitrobenzene

Components:
   (1) Anthracene; C14H10; [120-12-7]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 1,2,3,5-Tetranitrobenzene; C6H2N4O8; [3698-53-1]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Shinomiya, C., J. Chem. Soc. Japan 1940, 15, 259-270.

Variables:
   Temperature = Temperature

Prepared By:
   W. E. Acree, Jr.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)


T/K	Mole Fraction x₁	Mole Fraction x₂
399.2	0.000	1.000
398.2	0.065	0.935
418.2	0.158	0.842
436.2	0.307	0.693
442.2	0.396	0.604
444.2	0.513	0.487
441.7	0.570	0.430
449.2	0.646	0.354
459.2	0.699	0.301
462.2	0.729	0.271
490.2	1.000	0.000

Notes:
     Author reports formation of a 1:1 anthracene - 1,2,3,5-tetranitrobenzene molecular compound having a melting point temperature of 444.2 K. Two eutectic points occur at x₁ = 0.055 and T/K = 393.7, and at x₁ = 0.605 and T/K = 436.2.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   No experimental details given in paper.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Purity and chemical source not specified in paper.
   (2) Purity and chemical source not specified in paper.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: x₁: ± 0.002 (Compiler).
   Temperature: T/K: precision ± 0.2 (Compiler).

References:
   ¹W.E. Acree, Jr.