IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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 Solubility System: Nitromethane with 1-Pentanol

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Components:
   (1) 1-Pentanol; C5H12O; [71-41-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Mel'nikova, I.K.; Zhuravlev, E.F., Zh. Fiz. Khim. 39, 664-71 (1965); Mel'nikova, I.K., Dissertation, Voronezh University, 1966.

Variables:
   Temperature = 282 K to 298 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  

Mutual solubility of nitromethane and 1-pentanol

t/°C	T/K	102 * Mass Fraction w1	Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)	Comment(s)
9.0	282.2	17.0	0.228	Alcohol-rich phase
9.0	282.2	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
12.0	285.2	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
12.0	285.2	85.9	0.898	Nitromethane-rich phase
13.9	287.1	20.7	0.274	Alcohol-rich phase
13.9	287.1	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
15.1	288.3	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
15.1	288.3	84.0	0.883	Nitromethane-rich phase
18.1	291.3	24.8	0.323	Alcohol-rich phase
18.1	291.3	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
18.3	291.5	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
18.3	291.5	81.3	0.863	Nitromethane-rich phase
21.3	294.5	30.3	0.386	Alcohol-rich phase
21.3	294.5	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
22.0	295.2	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
22.0	295.2	76.0	0.821	Nitromethane-rich phase
23.0	296.2	34.6	0.433	Alcohol-rich phase
23.0	296.2	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
24.3	297.5	42.6	0.517	Alcohol-rich phase
24.3	297.5	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
24.5	297.7	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
24.5	297.7	67.0	0.746	Nitromethane-rich phase
24.8	298.0	47.2	0.564	Alcohol-rich phase
24.8	298.0	-	-	Nitromethane-rich phase
25.0	298.2	-	-	Alcohol-rich phase
25.0	298.2	57.7	0.663	Nitromethane-rich phase
25.0	298.2	54.0	0.629	Alcohol-rich phase
25.0	298.2	54.0	0.629 (UCST)	Nitromethane-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method¹ was used. No further details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; distilled.

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

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

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Last updated: February 18, 2015 (Created: August 17, 2007)