IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: Chloroethane with Water.

Components:
   (1) Chloroethane; C2H5Cl; [75-00-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Evaluator:
   A. L. Horvath, Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, Runcorn, U.K.

Critical Evaluation:

        The chloroethane (1) and water (2) binary system is treated in two parts; part 1 is chloroethane (1) in water (2) and part 2 is water (2) in chloroethane (1).
     Part 1. The solubility of chloroethane (1) in water (2) has been studied by seven groups of workers over the temperature range from 273 to 313 K. The data are in very poor agreement and in the absence of other independent studies it is not possible to determine which values are more reliable. Further studies will be necessary before even tentative values can be nominated. All the available data for the solubility of chloroethane (1) in water (2) are summarized in Table 1.

     Part 2. Only the datum of Jenkin and Shorthose⁸ is available for the solubility of water (2) in chloroethane (1) at 284.15 K; therefore, no critical evaluation is possible. Further studies are required before any value can be recommended.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Table 1. Reported solubility of chloroethane (1) in water (2)
T/K	Reference	Sol. Power	Solubility	Sol. Note	x₁ Power	x₁
273.15	1	2	0.445	w1	3	1.25
273.15	2	2	0.45	w1	3	1.26
283.45	3	2	0.9087	w1	3	2.554
285.65	4	2	0.570	w1	3	1.60
290.65	3	2	0.9256	w1	3	2.062
293.15	5	2	0.749	w1	3	2.10
293.15	6	2	0.57	w1	3	1.60
297.95	3	2	0.9195	w1	3	2.585
298.15	5	2	0.671	w1	3	1.88
303.15	5	2	0.661	w1	3	1.85
303.15	7	2	0.632	w1	3	1.77
307.15	3	2	0.9176	w1	3	2.580
313.15	5	2	0.573	w1	3	1.61

References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)

   1  van Arkel, A.E.; Vles, S.E., Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas 1936, 55, 407-11.
   2  McGovern, E.W., Ind. Eng. Chem. 1943, 35, 1230-9.
   3  Gossett, J.M., Environ. Sci. Technol. 1987, 21, 202-8.
   4  Fühner, H., Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1924, 57, 510-15.
   5  Nicloux, M.; Scotti-Foglieni, L., Ann. physiol. physicochim. biol. 1929, 5, 434-82.
   6  du Pont de Nemours & Company, Solubility Relationship of the Freon Fluorocarbon Compounds, Tech. Bull. B-7, Wilmington, Del., 16 pp. (1966).
   7  Scotti-Foglieni, L., C.R. Soc. Biol. 105, 959-60 (1930).
   8  Jenkin, C.F.; Shorthose, D.N., The Thermal Properties of Ethyl Chloride, Food Investigation Board, Spec. Rept. No. 14, HMSO, London, 35 pp. (1923).