IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Sodium formate with Formic acid

Components:
   (1) Formic acid; CH2O2; [64-18-6]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Sodium formate; NaCHO2; [141-53-7]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Groschuff, E., Ber Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 36, 1783, 4351 (1903).

Variables:
   Temperature = 0 ºC to 85 ºC

Prepared By:
   T. A. Ageyeva

Experimental Remarks:

   Note: The starting material was NaCHO2·CH2O2.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
(Please see footnotes following the table(s).)
  
Solubility of NaCHO2 in CH2O2.
t/°CMass Fraction w1100 * Mole Fraction1aSolid Phase(s)
022.3516.30NaCHO2•CH2O2
25.529.6221.61NaCHO2•CH2O2
66.541.0832.06NaCHO2•CH2O2
45.538.8530.07NaCHO2
7041.2732.23NaCHO2
7341.6032.53NaCHO2
8543.0933.88NaCHO2
Notes:
   a  These values were calculated by the compiler.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The freezing point method was used to study the system.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   NaCHO2•CH2O2 was prepared by the reaction of equimolar quantities of NaCHO2 and anhydrous formic acid and cooling. Composition of the salt: 59.66 % NaCHO2 and 40.34 % CH2O2. No other information is given.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: The compiler estimates that the temperature was controlled to within ± 0.5 &d