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:
   Fowler, A.R.; Hunt, H., Ind. Eng. Chem. 33, 90-5 (1941).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K and 357 K

 Prepared By:
   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)
25.0298.211.030.0353Water-rich phase
25.0298.297.720.9268Nitromethane-rich phase
83.7356.934.00.132Water-rich phase
83.7356.981.50.565Nitromethane-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. No further details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Commercial Solvents Corp.; fractionally distilled; b. p. range (100.9 to 101.5) °C at 99.73 kPa; d(25 °C) = 1129.9 g ·L-1.
   (2) Redistilled.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: control to ± 0.5 K.