IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitromethane with 2-Methylheptane

Components:
   (1) 2-Methylheptane; C8H18; [592-27-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitromethane; CH3NO2; [75-52-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Franzosini, P.; Riccardi, R.; Rolla, M., Ric. Sci. 38, 123-6 (1968).; *Ferloni, P.; Riccardi, R., Int. Data Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A(2), 84-90 (1977).

Variables:
   Temperature = 371 K to 385 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitromethane and 2-methylheptane
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
97.8371.019.70.315Hydrocarbon-rich phase
97.8371.0--Nitromethane-rich phase
99.5372.7--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
99.5372.781.20.890Nitromethane-rich phase
102.8376.024.20.374Hydrocarbon-rich phase
102.8376.0--Nitromethane-rich phase
105.0378.2--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
105.0378.276.60.860Nitromethane-rich phase
106.2379.428.10.422Hydrocarbon-rich phase
106.2379.4--Nitromethane-rich phase
106.6379.8--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
106.6379.875.30.851Nitromethane-rich phase
109.6382.835.00.502Hydrocarbon-rich phase
109.6382.8--Nitromethane-rich phase
110.6383.8--Hydrocarbon-rich phase
110.6383.865.60.781Nitromethane-rich phase
110.9384.141.60.571Hydrocarbon-rich phase
110.9384.1--Nitromethane-rich phase
111.3384.547.40.628Hydrocarbon-rich phase
111.3384.5--Nitromethane-rich phase
111.4384.650.40.655Hydrocarbon-rich phase
111.4384.657.60.718Nitromethane-rich phase
111.6384.852.00.670Hydrocarbon-rich phase
111.6384.852.0 (UCST)0.670Nitromethane-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method1 was used. Tubes were filled under vacuum with known masses of degassed and moisture-free components, sealed, and then placed in a thermostat bath filled with paraffin oil. The mixtures in the tubes were shaken by a Chemap vibromixer type E-1. Temperatures were measured with Degussa Pt resistance thermometers, which were checked against standards. Phase changes (cloud points) were observed as mixtures were cooled.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Fluka AG; purity 99 mole %; fractionally distilled, degassed and finally distilled through a P2O5 filled tube.
   (2) Fluka AG; purity 99 mole %; purification as above.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: reproduced better than 0.1 K.

References:
   1 P. Franzosini, Z. Naturforsch. 18A, 224 (1963).