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:
   Rezanova, E.N.; Tojkka, A.M.; Markuzin, N.P., Vestn. Leningr. Univ., Fiz., Khim. 18, 53-6 (1991).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K to 333 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitromethane (1) and heptane (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
25.00298.152.50.041Hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.00298.1597.90.987Nitromethane-rich phase
30.00303.153.20.051Hydrocarbon-rich phase
30.00303.1597.40.984Nitromethane-rich phase
40.00313.154.00.064Hydrocarbon-rich phase
40.00313.1597.10.982Nitromethane-rich phase
50.00323.155.30.084Hydrocarbon-rich phase
50.00323.1596.10.976Nitromethane-rich phase
60.00333.156.570.102Hydrocarbon-rich phase
60.00333.1595.50.972Nitromethane-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. A 100 mL glass flask and a microburette with scale divisions of 0.01 mL were used. The solution was mixed by a magnetic stirrer. The titration was continued until the second phase appeared. The amount of added substance was obtained by weighing the mixture before and after the titration.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade reagent; dried over CaCl2 and repeatedly distilled in a laboratory packed column of 20 theoretical plates; b. p. = 101.20 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.3820.
   (2) Source not specified; CP reagent; distilled; b. p. = 98.42 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.3877.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: ± 0.002 mole fraction.
   Temperature: ± 0.02 K