IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 1-Butanol with p-Xylene and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 1-Butanol (n-butanol, butyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol); C4H10O; [71-36-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) p-Xylene (1,4-dimethylbenzene, 1,4-xylene); C8H10; [106-42-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Letcher, T.M.; Siswana, P.M.; van der Watt, P.; Radloff, S., J. Chem. Thermodyn. 21, 1053 (1989).

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
25.0298.20.0000.99970.0000.998
25.0298.20.0510.9470.0700.915
25.0298.20.0990.8950.1330.837
25.0298.20.1980.7900.2480.691
25.0298.20.2930.6860.3410.557
25.0298.20.3870.5790.4150.434
25.0298.20.4770.4750.4740.330
25.0298.20.5610.3740.5140.239
25.0298.20.7050.1760.5340.093
25.0298.20.7340.1370.5390.070
25.0298.20.7940.0070.4910.003
25.0298.20.7970.0000.4880.000
25.0298.20.0770.0000.0200.000
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x1Mole Fraction x2Comment(s)
25.0298.20.7970.0000.4880.000organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.6610.2450.5420.140organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.3640.6050.3990.463organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.1300.8620.1700.788organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.0000.99970.0000.998organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.0770.0000.0200.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0590.0000.0150.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0400.0000.0100.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0200.0000.0050.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0000.0000.0000.000water-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used to determine binodal curve. A binary mixture of known composition was titrated with the third component until cloudiness was observed. Tie line compositions were related to the coexistence curve; water was determined by the Karl Fischer titration. The methods were described in Ref. 1.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified, used as received.
   (2) Source not specified; recrystallized three times.
   (3) Source not specified.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Comp. <0.005 mole fraction (estimated authors' precision on binodal curve), <0.01 mole fraction (estimated authors' precision of tie lines).

References:
   1 T. M. Letcher, S. Wootten, B. Shuttleworth, and C. Heyward, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 18, 1037 (1986).