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IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106
Solubility System:
Methanol 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) Methanol (methyl alcohol); CH4O; [67-56-1]
NIST Chemistry WebBook
for detail
Original Measurements:
Staveley, L.A.K.; Johns, R.G.S.; Moore, B.C., J. Chem. Soc. 1951, 2516-23.
Variables:
Temperature = 288 K - 341 K
Prepared By:
A. Skrzecz
Experimental Data:
(Notes on the Nomenclature)
Compositions along the saturation curve
t/°C
T/K
Mass Fraction w
1
(compiler)
Mass Fraction w
2
(compiler)
Mole Fraction x
1
Mole Fraction x
2
26.0
299.15
0.004 68
0.994 61
0.0113
0.985 63
33.5
306.65
0.004 68
0.994 40
0.0113
0.984 74
37.7
310.85
0.004 68
0.994 24
0.0113
0.984 08
46.1
319.25
0.004 69
0.993 87
0.0113
0.982 52
60.1
333.25
0.004 70
0.993 09
0.0113
0.979 245
20.0
293.15
0.009 42
0.989 91
0.0226
0.974 52
32.4
305.55
0.009 43
0.989 51
0.0226
0.972 89
42.0
315.15
0.009 44
0.989 10
0.0226
0.971 19
49.8
322.95
0.009 46
0.988 45
0.0226
0.968 53
56.4
329.55
0.009 47
0.988 22
0.0226
0.967 60
28.7
301.85
0.013 94
0.985 08
0.0332
0.962 65
34.5
307.65
0.013 95
0.984 85
0.0332
0.961 72
40.1
313.25
0.013 96
0.984 61
0.0332
0.960 72
47.9
321.05
0.013 98
0.984 19
0.0332
0.959 03
56.5
329.65
0.014 00
0.983 58
0.0332
0.956 62
28.4
301.55
0.017 40
0.981 59
0.0412
0.954 49
32.2
305.35
0.017 41
0.981 48
0.0412
0.954 075
44.6
317.75
0.017 44
0.980 80
0.0412
0.951 375
52.0
325.15
0.017 47
0.980 37
0.0412
0.949 68
62.8
335.95
0.017 51
0.979 57
0.0412
0.946 52
22.5
295.65
0.019 37
0.979 66
0.0458
0.950 13
41.1
314.25
0.019 42
0.978 80
0.0458
0.946 76
47.4
320.55
0.019 45
0.978 36
0.0458
0.945 03
64.1
337.25
0.019 53
0.977 09
0.0458
0.940 09
67.6
340.75
0.019 54
0.976 84
0.0458
0.939 11
23.7
296.85
0.024 23
0.974 23
0.0568
0.936 79
31.6
304.75
0.024 26
0.973 85
0.0568
0.935 31
37.9
311.05
0.024 29
0.973 47
0.0568
0.933 89
47.8
320.95
0.024 33
0.972 85
0.0568
0.931 49
50.7
323.85
0.024 35
0.972 64
0.0568
0.930 69
22.2
295.35
0.033 81
0.964 18
0.0781
0.913 62
32.7
305.85
0.033 87
0.963 53
0.0781
0.911 27
46.2
319.35
0.033 95
0.962 75
0.0781
0.908 42
53.1
326.25
0.034 00
0.962 25
0.0781
0.906 59
61.6
334.75
0.034 08
0.961 46
0.0781
0.903 74
15.0
288.15
0.046 13
0.951 53
0.1047
0.885 86
22.2
295.35
0.046 18
0.951 13
0.1047
0.884 48
35.6
308.75
0.046 33
0.950 03
0.1047
0.880 67
43.7
316.85
0.046 40
0.949 50
0.1047
0.878 85
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
The synthetic method was used. Mixtures were prepared in sealed tubes; water was added from a weighed pipette to a known mass of alcohol-benzene mixture.
Source and Purity of Materials:
(1) Source not specified; dried by refluxing over freshly ignited lime, and then with magnesium, distilled.
(2) Source not specified; chemically purified, crystallized, distilled, dried over phosphoric anhydride.
(3) Not specified.
Estimated Errors:
Solubility: Not reported.
Temperature: Composition <0.2%; temp. <0.2°C.