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:
   Donahue, D.J.; Bartell, F.E., J. Phys. Chem. 1952, 56, 480-4.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 298 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)
25.0298.28.00.025Water-rich phase
25.0298.297.40.918Nitromethane-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Mixtures of (1) and (2) were placed in glass-stoppered flasks and shaken occasionally for 3 d in a water bath. The organic phase was analyzed for water content by the Karl Fischer method. The aqueous phase was analyzed interferometrically.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; best reagent grade; purified by fractional distillation.
   (2) Distilled.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.1 K.