IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride) with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride); CCl4; [56-23-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Hutchinson, C.A.; Lyon, A.M., Columbia University Report A-745, July 1, 1943.

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

Prepared By:
   A. L. Horvath

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
t/°C102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) 104 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)102 * w1/M1 [mol g**-1]
259.78 x 10-38.345.43 x 10-4
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   A 1 to 15 volume ratio mixture of water and tetrachloromethane was introduced into an equilibration flask and then lowered into a waterbath thermostat. The assembly was shaken mechanically for about 90 minutes at constant temperature. The amount of water in the organic  phase was determined by a modified Karl Fischer titration. The determination was done in triplicate. This description of procedure was taken from a secondary source (ref. 1). The original university report is no longer available.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Distilled.
   (2) Source is not known. Purified and dried before use.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: ± 0.1 x 10-4 avg. dev.
   Temperature: ± 0.05 K.

References:
   1 Eidinoff, M. L.; Joris, G. G.; Taylor, H. S.;Urey, H. C., Eds., Production of Heavy Water, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1955, p. 129.