IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitromethane with Hexadecane

Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Hexadecane; C16H34; [544-76-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Rogalski, M.; Stryjek, R., Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim. 28, 139-47 (1980).

Variables:
   Temperature = 305 K to 430 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitromethane and hexadecane
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
31.9305.051.560.0555Hydrocarbon-rich phase
31.9305.05--Nitromethane-rich phase
53.0326.15--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
53.0326.1599.780.9994Nitromethane-rich phase
53.1326.252.890.0994Hydrocarbon-rich phase
53.1326.25--Nitromethane-rich phase
75.5348.654.820.1581Hydrocarbon-rich phase
75.5348.65--Nitromethane-rich phase
77.4350.55--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
77.4350.5599.670.9991Nitromethane-rich phase
131.9405.0521.400.5025Hydrocarbon-rich phase
131.9405.05--Nitromethane-rich phase
138.9412.05--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
138.9412.0587.400.9626Nitromethane-rich phase
149.5422.6536.210.6780Hydrocarbon-rich phase
149.5422.65--Nitromethane-rich phase
151.5424.65--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
151.5424.6578.200.9301Nitromethane-rich phase
156.1429.2550.790.7929Hydrocarbon-rich phase
156.1429.25--Nitromethane-rich phase
156.3429.45--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
156.3429.4560.750.8517Nitromethane-rich phase
156.8429.9558.990.8422Hydrocarbon-rich phase
156.8429.9558.99 (UCST)0.8422Nitromethane-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic (Alekseev1) and, below 353 K, the titration methods were used. A glass device with a magnetic stirrer was filled with 5 to 10 mL of (1) then placed in a thermostat, stirred, and small amounts of the other component added until turbidity appeared. The sample was then heated to above the complete homogeneity temperature, then cooled until turbidity reappeared. Repeat determinations were made. Above 353 K, Alekseev's method was used. Samples, 4-5 g, were sealed in glass, placed in the thermostat, and the solubility temperature determined as above.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purified by fractional distillation; 99.9 mass % purity.
   (2) Source not specified; purified by crystallization; 99.9 mass % purity.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Composition: ±0.001 mole fraction.
   Temperature: ± 0.1 K.

References:
   1 V. F. Alekseev, Zh. Russ. Fiz.-Khim. O-va 8, 249 (1876).