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:
   Skrzec, A.E.; Murphy, N.F., Ind. Eng. Chem. 46, 2245-7 (1954).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 299 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)
26.7299.99.600.0304Water-rich phase
26.7299.998.110.9387Nitromethane-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. No further details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Commercial Solvents Corp.; technical grade; purity 99.5 mass %.
   (2) Not specified.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.5 K.