IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with 1-Octene and Octane

Components:
   (1) 1-Octene; C8H16; [111-66-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Octane; C8H18; [111-65-9]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Hwa, S.C.P.; Techo, R.; Ziegler, W.T., J. Chem. Eng. Data 8, 409-11 (1963).

Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitroethane (1), 1-octene (2) and octane (3)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1102 * Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.2 7.720.50.1120.200
0.0273.215.257.90.2120.541
0.0273.217.459.30.2400.548
0.0273.224.060.50.3210.542
0.0273.229.160.20.3810.527
0.0273.234.058.20.4360.499
0.0273.250.644.90.6050.359
0.0273.252.943.00.6270.341
0.0273.274.720.50.8160.150
0.0273.280.613.70.8620.098
0.0273.283.210.20.8820.072
Table 2. Composition of the equilibrium liquid phases
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1102 * Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
0.0273.288.6 3.10.9220.021nitroethane-rich phase
0.0273.285.2 7.80.8970.055nitroethane-rich phase
0.0273.281.212.30.8660.088nitroethane-rich phase
Table 3. Composition of the equilibrium liquid phases
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1102 * Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
0.0273.2 7.925.30.1150.246hydrocarbon-rich phase
0.0273.2 9.938.60.1420.371hydrocarbon-rich phase
0.0273.212.950.30.1780.476hydrocarbon-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Two methods were used. The cloud point was determined by titrating a third component into binary samples of known composition in a constant temperature bath. In the given system no distinct change in the transparency of the clear mixture was observed to indicate to the unaided eye that the cloud point had been obtained; only the presence of finely dispersed globules of the second phase, which were visible through a magnifying glass, denoted the fact that the cloud point had been reached. The analytical method consisted of withdrawing a sample from each of the coexisting phases from an equilibrium cell in a constant temperature bath, and analyzing the samples by gas chromatographic techniques (see Tables 1 and 2).

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Commercial Solvents Corp.; purity 96 mole % with 3.9 mole % of 2-nitropropane; not purified.
   (2) Phillips Petroleum Co.; purity > 99 mole %; not purified.
   (3) Phillips Petroleum Co.; purity > 99 mole %; not purified.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ±0.05 K.