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:
   Patel, A.M., J. Chem. Eng. Data 26, 124-7 (1981).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 294 K

 Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of nitromethane in heptane at 20.5 °C (293.7 K, compiler) was reported to be 100 w1 = 6.2. The corresponding mole fraction, x1, calculated by the compiler is 0.098.
The solubility of heptane in nitromethane at 20.5 °C (293.7 K, compiler) was reported to be 100 w2 = 4.3. The corresponding mole fraction, x2, calculated by the compiler is 0.027.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method1 was used. No further details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Not specified.
   (2) Not specified.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: control to ± 0.5 K.

 References:
   1 D. F. Othmer, R. E. White and E. Trueger, Ind. Eng. Chem. 33, 1240 (1941).