IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitromethane with Water
Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Sazonov, V.P., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 59, 2431-5 (1989).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 294 K to 339 K

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

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitromethane and water
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Comment(s)
21.0294.210.70.0342Water-rich phase
21.0294.297.90.932Nitromethane-rich phase
23.3296.511.00.0352Water-rich phase
23.3296.5--Nitromethane-rich phase
29.0302.2--Water-rich phase
29.0302.297.50.920Nitromethane-rich phase
30.0303.211.80.0380Water-rich phase
30.0303.2--Nitromethane-rich phase
32.4305.612.00.0387Water-rich phase
32.4305.6--Nitromethane-rich phase
36.1309.3--Water-rich phase
36.1309.397.00.905Nitromethane-rich phase
39.6312.813.00.0422Water-rich phase
39.6312.8--Nitromethane-rich phase
40.0313.213.30.0433Water-rich phase
40.0313.2--Nitromethane-rich phase
42.0315.2--Water-rich phase
42.0315.296.40.888Nitromethane-rich phase
46.2319.414.00.0459Water-rich phase
46.2319.4--Nitromethane-rich phase
46.4319.7--Water-rich phase
46.4319.796.00.876Nitromethane-rich phase
54.0327.2--Water-rich phase
54.0327.295.10.851Nitromethane-rich phase
65.7338.9--Water-rich phase
65.7338.993.70.815Nitromethane-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method of Alekseev was used. The apparatus which employs visual indication of turbidity was described by Sazonov and Chernysheva.1 No further details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; fractionally distilled; 99.85 mass % purity; n(20 °C, D) = 1.3819, d(20 °C) = 1138 g·L-1.
   (2) Twice distilled.

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

 References:
   1 V. P. Sazonov and M. F. Chernysheva, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 57, 46 (1987).