IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitromethane with Heptane
Components:
   (1) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Heptane; C7H16; [142-82-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Kimura, C.; Kashiwaya, K.; Acahara, T., Kogyo Kagaku Zasshi 59, 1126 (1956).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 303 K

 Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of nitromethane in the (2)-rich phase at equilibrium at 30 °C (303 K, compiler) was reported to be 100 w1 = 3.5. The corresponding mole fraction, x1, calculated by the compiler is 0.056.
The solubility of nitromethane in the (1)-rich phase at equilibrium at 30 °C (303 K, compiler) was reported to be 100 w1 = 97.3. The corresponding mole fraction solubility, x1, calculated by the compiler is 0.983.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. No further experimental details were given.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Synthesized in the laboratory; purity not specified; b. p. = 101 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.3817, d(20 °C) = 1137.2 g·L-1.
   (2) Source not specified; commercial material; purity not specified; b. p. = 98 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.3878, d(20 °C)
d(20 °C) = 683.2 g·L-1.

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