IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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

Components:
   (1) Acenaphthene; C12H10; [83-32-9]  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
388.2	0.198	0.802
382.2	0.296	0.706
381.7	0.428	0.572
383.2	0.530	0.470
381.2	0.571	0.429
372.2	0.710	0.290
362.7	0.765	0.235
348.2	0.882	0.118
361.7	0.901	0.099
369.2	1.000	0.000

Notes:
     Author reports formation of a 1:1 acenaphthene - 1,2,3,5-tetranitrobenzene molecular compound having a melting point temperature of 383.7 K. Two eutectic points occur at x₁ = 0.358 and T/K = 375.2, and at x₁ = 0.810 and T/K = 349.2.

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

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

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

References:
   ¹W.E. Acree, Jr.