IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 2-Methyl-2-propanol with Mesitylene (1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene) and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 2-Methyl-2-propanol (tert-butanol,tert-butyl alcohol); C4H10O; [75-65-0]  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
25.0298.20.3440.0150.1150.003
25.0298.20.4290.0470.1640.011
25.0298.20.5060.0810.2240.022
25.0298.20.5650.1420.3040.047
25.0298.20.5650.2420.3750.099
25.0298.20.5230.3490.4130.170
25.0298.20.4590.4590.4250.262
25.0298.20.3790.5690.4010.371
25.0298.20.2900.6800.3490.504
25.0298.20.1970.7900.2670.660
25.0298.20.1000.8960.1490.827
25.0298.20.0000.99980.0000.999
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x1Mole Fraction x2Comment(s)
25.0298.20.0000.99980.0000.999hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.2210.7610.2900.615hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.3390.6200.3810.430hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.4810.4220.4210.228hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.5670.2240.3620.088hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.5500.1300.2820.041hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.20.0000.0000.0000.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.1130.0000.0300.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.1400.0000.0380.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.1930.0000.0550.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.2620.0050.0800.001water-rich phase
25.0298.20.3110.0100.1000.002water-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 by the refractive index method reported in Ref. 2 and a complementary method using the Karl Fischer titrations as reported in Ref. 3.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Merck, AR grade; distilled, dried by the addition of anhydrous potassium carbonate, distilled; purity better than 99.6 mole % by glc.
   (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).