IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 1,2-Dibromoethane with Water.
Components:
   (1) 1,2-Dibromoethane; C2H4Br2; [106-93-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Gross, P.M.; Saylor, J.H., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1931, 53, 1744-51.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 288 K - 303 K

 Prepared By:
   A. L. Horvath

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
t/°C103 * g1/g2102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) 104 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)
153.920.3903.75
304.310.4294.13
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   An excess of 1,2-dibromoethane in 500 g water was shaken for 12 hours in a waterbath thermostat. Samples were then withdrawn and read against pure water in an interferometer made by Zeiss.1 A detailed description of the complete  procedure is given in a Ph. D. thesis.2

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Eastman Kodak Co., purified by fractional freezing five times before use.
   (2) Distilled.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: ± 1 %.
   Temperature: ± 0.02 K.

 References:
   1P. M. Gross, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 51, 2362 (1929).
   2J. H. Saylor, Ph.D. thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC 1930.