IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: Nitromethane with Naphthalene

Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Naphthalene; C10H8; [91-20-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Sazonov, V.P.; Chernysheva, M.F., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad) 51,1019-22 (1978).

Variables:
   Temperature = 289 K to 348 K

Prepared By:
   N. V. Sazonov and V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Solubility of naphthalene (2) in nitromethane (1)
t/°C	T/K	10² * Mass Fraction w₂	Mole Fraction x₂ (compiler)
15.40	288.55	9.95	0.0500
23.70	293.85	15.00	0.0775
29.30	302.45	20.00	0.1064
33.90	307.05	25.00	0.1370
37.40	310.55	30.00	0.1695
42.90	316.05	40.00	0.2410
47.55	320.70	49.85	0.3213
52.05	325.20	59.95	0.4162
57.00	330.15	69.95	0.5258
62.80	335.95	79.90	0.6544
69.90	343.05	89.80	0.8074
75.15	348.30	95.35	0.9071

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used. No further details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; fractionally distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; analytical purity; purified by crystallization; m. p = 80.2 °C.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Not reported.
   Pressure: Not reported.