IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethanol with Hexane (n-hexane) with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); C2H6O; [64-17-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Hexane (n-hexane); C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Vorobeva, A.I.; Karapetyants, M., Kh., Zh. Fiz. Khim. 40, 3018 (1966).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 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)
25298.20.0000.9990.00000.9952
25298.20.1340.8600.22000.7548
25298.20.2250.7630.33910.6147
25298.20.3460.6300.4650.4526
25298.20.4210.5470.52940.3677
25298.20.5090.4470.59150.2777
25298.20.5250.4290.60210.2630
25298.20.5950.3450.63780.1977
25298.20.6550.2650.65420.1415
25298.20.7130.1640.63930.0786
25298.20.7170.1550.63610.0735
25298.20.7240.1240.61410.0562
25298.20.6970.0590.51530.0233
25298.20.6180.0260.40070.0090
25298.20.5040.0130.28860.0040
25298.20.3250.0020.15880.0005
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
25298.20.0070.9920.0130.982hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.0360.9620.0650.926hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.0720.9250.1250.861hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.1240.8700.2050.769hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.1960.7940.3030.657hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.2410.7460.3580.593hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.2700.7140.3900.551hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.2880.6940.4080.526hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.3600.6150.4780.437hydrocarbon-rich phase
25298.20.5180.0150.3010.005water-rich phase
25298.20.7140.0860.5620.036water-rich phase
25298.20.7070.1790.6460.087water-rich phase
25298.20.6530.2700.6570.145water-rich phase
25298.20.5580.3880.6180.230water-rich phase
25298.20.4990.4580.5840.287water-rich phase
25298.20.4660.4960.5630.320water-rich phase
25298.20.4500.5140.5510.336water-rich phase
25298.20.3600.6150.4780.437water-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method, Ref. 1, was used to determine solubility of the mixtures. The third component was added to the binary homogeneous mixture until cloudiness was first observed. Density of the saturated mixtures was measured; these results were graphed. To obtain equilibrium, ternary mixtures were stirred in a thermostat vessel for several hours. After phase separation, the density of each phase was measured and composition was determined from the  graphs prepared earlier. Concentration at the critical point was found by method described in Ref. 2. Water included in ethanol was taken into account in all measurements.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified, "rectificate grade," distilled; water concentration was determined by the Karl Fischer method.
   (2) Source not specified; b.p.=68.7°C, n(20°C,D)=1.3753.
   (3) Source not specified.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Solubility ±0.001 mass fraction.

References:
   1 W. D. Bancroft, Phys. Rev. 3, 21 (1896).
   2 E. N. Zilberman, Zh. Fiz. Khim. 26, 1458 (1952).