IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 2-Propanol with Mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene) and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 2-Propanol (isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol); C3H8O; [67-63-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Mesitylene (1,3,5-trimethylbenzene); C9H12; [108-67-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Letcher, T.M.; Siswana, P.M., Fluid Phase Equilib. 74, 203 (1992).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

Prepared By:
   A. Skrzecz

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Compositions along the saturation curve
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x1Mole Fraction x2
25.0298.20.0000.0000.0000.000
25.0298.20.1980.0000.0690.000
25.0298.20.2970.0050.1130.001
25.0298.20.3910.0240.1660.005
25.0298.20.4730.0580.2290.014
25.0298.20.5410.1460.3260.044
25.0298.20.5330.2550.3890.093
25.0298.20.4990.3360.4100.138
25.0298.20.4400.4390.4150.207
25.0298.20.3670.5520.4030.303
25.0298.20.2860.6690.3700.433
25.0298.20.1950.7830.2970.595
25.0298.20.0990.8930.1740.783
25.0298.20.0500.9470.0930.888
25.0298.20.0000.99980.0000.999
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
25.0298.20.0000.99980.0000.999hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.1080.8830.1870.763hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.1710.8120.2700.640hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.2320.7380.3300.525hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.3180.6250.3870.380hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.0000.0000.0000.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.4220.0360.1880.008water-rich phase
25.0298.20.5050.1010.2700.027water-rich phase
25.0298.20.5420.1540.3320.047water-rich phase
25.0298.20.5300.2610.3900.096water-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The points on the binodal curve were determined by the formation of a cloudy mixture on shaking after the addition of a known mass of one component to a mixture of known masses of the other two components. Precision weighing syringes were used as described in Ref. 1. Tie line compositions were determined by the refractive index method reported in Ref. 2 and complementary method using the Karl Fischer titrations as reported in Ref. 3.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Merck, AR grade; distilled, dried by refluxing with Mg and I2; purity better than 99.6 mole % by glc; d=0.786 88, n=1.3265.
   (2) BDH; used as received; purity better than 99.6 mole % by glc.
   (3) Source not specified.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Estimated comp. 0.005 mole fraction on the binodal curve and 0.01 mole fraction for tie lines (estimated by the authors).

References:
   1 T. M. Letcher, S. Wootten, B. Shuttleworth, and C. Heward, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 18, 1037 (1986).
   2 S. W. Briggs and E. W. Comings, Ind. Eng. Chem. 35, 411 (1943).
   3 T. M. Letcher, P. M. Siswana, P. Van der Watt, and S. Radloff, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 21, 1053 (1989).