IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Water with Tetrachloroethene (tetrachloroethylene).
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Tetrachloroethene (tetrachloroethylene); C2Cl4; [127-18-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Simonov, V.D., et al., Dokl. Neftekim. Sekt. Bashkir. Respub. Pravl. Vses. Khim. Obshchest. 1971, 346-51.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 289 K - 302 K

 Prepared By:
   A. L. Horvath

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
t/°C105 * Mass Fraction w1104 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Comment(s)
165.705.244Alekseev
165.735.272Fischer
165.55.060Spectroscopy
186.355.842Alekseev
18--Fischer
186.05.520Spectroscopy
21.37.176.596Alekseev
21.3--Fischer
21.37.56.900Spectroscopy
237.917.296Alekseev
237.957.313Fischer
237.87.175Spectroscopy
299.378.692Alekseev
299.45-Fischer
29-8.618-Spectroscopy
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The determination of the solubility of water in tetrachloroethene was based on the infrared spectroscopic method. A UR-20 spectrophotometer was used with 2 cm cuvettes and the windows made of KBr. The spectra were recorded at  3600-810 cm-1, and the absorbance at 3702 cm-1 was found by the baseline method. Standard mixtures of tetrachloroethene and water were used for the calibration graphs. The results obtained were compared with measurements made by the  method of cloud point1 and a Karl Fischer titration.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Distilled.
   (2) "Ch" brand, treated with Na2CO3 solution, dried with CaCl2 and P2O5 and then distilled before use.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not specified.
   Temperature: ± 0.5 K.

 References:
   1V. F. Alekseev, Wiad. Ann. 28, 305 (1886)