IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: 2-Butanol with p-Xylene and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) 2-Butanol (sec-butanol, sec-butyl alcohol, (RS)-2-butanol, dl-2-butanol, DL-2-butanol); C4H10O; [78-92-2]  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
25.0298.20.0510.9470.0700.916
25.0298.20.1000.8960.1340.842
25.0298.20.1980.7910.2480.693
25.0298.20.2940.6850.3410.555
25.0298.20.3860.5780.4120.431
25.0298.20.4740.4730.4620.322
25.0298.20.5540.3710.4940.231
25.0298.20.6270.2680.5030.150
25.0298.20.6830.1710.4860.085
25.0298.20.7120.0520.4140.021
25.0298.20.6890.0160.3600.006
25.0298.20.6660.0060.3300.002
25.0298.20.6610.0000.3220.000
25.0298.20.1810.0000.0510.000
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1Mole Fraction x2Comment(s)
25.0298.20.6610.0000.3220.000organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.5520.3710.4900.230organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.3480.6220.3850.480organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.0970.8980.1300.843organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.0000.99970.0000.998organic-rich phase
25.0298.20.1810.0000.0510.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.1460.0000.0400.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0990.0000.0260.000water-rich phase
25.0298.20.0590.0000.0150.000water-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 coexisting curve; water was determined by 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).