IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethanol with o-Xylene and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); C2H6O; [64-17-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) o-Xylene (1,2-dimethylbenzene, 1,2-xylene); C8H10; [95-47-6]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Bonner, W.D., J. Phys. Chem. 14, 738 (1909-1910).

Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K

Prepared By:
   A. Skrzecz

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Compositions along the saturation curve
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1Mole Fraction x2
0.0273.20.26040.71820.41530.4972
0.0273.20.34640.62750.50530.3972
0.0273.20.51810.41980.60300.2120
0.0273.20.56900.33880.59770.1544
0.0273.20.60940.26870.58730.1124
0.0273.20.64850.18140.55800.0677
0.0273.20.66160.12590.52520.0434
0.0273.20.64450.07390.46150.0230
0.0273.20.62120.03790.41160.0109
0.0273.20.54340.01420.32320.0037
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   In a tube 1 cm diameter and 12 cm long known amount, by weight, of hydrocarbon and water were placed into a temperature controlled bath. The contents of the tube were stirred and alcohol was added gradually until a homogeneous solution was obtained. Observations were made visually through the telescope of a cathetometer. The samples were always weighed immediately before and  after each experiment. Concentrations were reported as weight of water in 1 g of binary water-hydrocarbon mixture and the weight of alcohol necessary to make a homogenous solution. The mass of binary water-hydrocarbon mixture was about 1 g; the mass of alcohol-up to 5 g.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Kahlbaum; presumably dried and distilled.
   (2) Kahlbaum; presumably dried and distilled.
   (3) Source not specified.

Estimated Errors: