IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethanol with Benzene and Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Benzene; C6H6; [71-43-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); C2H6O; [64-17-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sata, N.; Kimura, O., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 10, 409-20 (1935).

Variables:
   Temperature = 303 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)
30303.20.1500.8330.2190.718
30303.20.2910.6470.3500.459
30303.20.4130.4600.4090.269
30303.20.4980.2770.4030.132
30303.20.5110.1140.3330.044
30303.20.4260.0310.2320.010
30303.20.2800.0060.1330.002
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Samples of known composition (by volume) were prepared in glass tubes (diameter-15mm, length-200 mm) and sealed. These were placed in a thermostat and turbidity was observed after some (not reported) time. Eight series of measurements were made. The volume of alcohol was 2.00, 5.00, or 10.00 cm3. The volume of second component was constant in the series, while the volume of the third component differed 0.05-0.02 cm from point to point. The results were reported in the paper as the volumes of each component added into the tube.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified, 95% commercial reagent; purified with KMnO4, refulxed 1 day with CaO, distilled; purity 99.53% d(25°C)=0.7865.
   (2) Merck, pure crystallized; distillation over Na.
   (3) Doubly distilled.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: sol. ±0.01 cm3 (authors), ±(0.0001-0.005) mass fraction (compiler).