IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethanol with Decahydronaphthalene (cis + trans) (decalin, bicyclo[4.4.0]decane) and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Decahydronaphthalene (cis+ trans) (decalin, bicyclo [4.4.0]decane); C10H18; [91-17-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); C2H6O; [64-17-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Ruiz, F.; Gomis, V.; Botella, R.F., Fluid Phase Equilib. 43, 317-27 (1988).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

Prepared By:
   A. Skrzecz

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Compositions along the saturation curve
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
25298.20.4910.5000.72140.2448
25298.20.6000.3850.78260.1673
25298.20.6670.3070.79810.1224
25298.20.7220.2380.79900.0878
25298.20.7730.1480.75460.0481
25298.20.7830.1040.70760.0313
25298.20.7500.0390.57580.0100
25298.20.7180.0240.51810.0058
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
25.0298.20.0030.9990.00090.9938hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00170.9980.00510.9926hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00230.9980.00720.9928hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00350.9970.01040.9896hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00410.9960.01220.9878hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00460.9950.01360.9833hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00580.9940.01720.9813hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00610.9940.01810.9819hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00630.9940.01870.9813hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00660.9930.01950.9775hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00770.9920.02270.9750hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.00890.9910.02620.9730hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.01100.9890.03230.9677hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.01250.9880.03660.9634hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.10180.0 (a)0.042440.0water-rich phase
25.0298.20.1860.000080.0820230.000012water-rich phase
25.0298.20.2620.000220.1219320.000034water-rich phase
25.0298.20.3320.000280.1627770.000046water-rich phase
25.0298.20.3960.000730.2042360.000125water-rich phase
25.0298.20.4570.00150.248070.00027water-rich phase
25.0298.20.5170.00310.296230.00059water-rich phase
25.0298.20.5630.00550.337480.00110water-rich phase
25.0298.20.6130.00890.387280.00187water-rich phase
25.0298.20.6590.01440.439630.00320water-rich phase
25.0298.20.6940.02090.485310.00487water-rich phase
25.0298.20.7250.03100.533370.00760water-rich phase
25.0298.20.7580.04490.593580.01172water-rich phase
25.0298.20.7730.06090.634620.01666water-rich phase
Notes:
   a  No detectable composition of decalin.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The cloud point method was used to determine the solubility curve. The experimental apparatus was described in Ref. 1. The analytical method was used to determine liquid-liquid equilibra. Mixtures of known overall composition, by weight, were stirred intensely and allowed to settle for 2 h at constant temperature bath. Samples of each phase were taken and analyzed by glc method with 1-propanol as internal standard. (1-propanol also prevented phase separation.)  Analytical conditions: column 2m x 3mm, packed with Chromosorb 101 100/120, temp. 190°C, thermal conductivity detector for the organic phase, flame ionization detector for aqueous phase, helium flow rate -40mL/min. Water was reported to be undetectable in the organic phase.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Merck; used as received; <0.2 wt % impurities by glc.
   (2) Merck; used as received; mixture of cis- and trans-isomers.
   (3) Source not reported.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Temp. ±0.1°C; relative accuracy of composition 2% (solubility curve).

References:
   1 F. Ruiz and D. Prats, Fluid Phase Equilib. 10, 77 (1983).