IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Solubility System: 1-Nitropropane with Water

Components:
   (1) 1-Nitropropane; C3H7NO2; [108-03-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Hankinson, R.W.; Thompson, D., J. Chem. Eng. Data 10, 18-9 (1965).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K and 303 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Mutual solubility of 1-nitropropane (1) and water (2)
t/°C	T/K	10² * Mass Fraction w₁	Mole Fraction x₁ (compiler)	Comment(s)
25.00	298.15	0.9	0.002	water-rich phase
30.00	303.15	1.8	0.004	water-rich phase

Mutual solubility of 1-nitropropane (1) and water (2)
t/°C	T/K	10² * Mass Fraction w₁	Mole Fraction x₁ (compiler)	Comment(s)
25.00	298.15	-	-	1-nitropropane-rich phase
30.00	303.15	99.7	0.985	1-nitropropane-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The method of appearance and disappearance of turbidity, described in Other et al.¹ was used.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Commercial Solvents Corp.; 99 mass % purity.
   (2) Twice distilled.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: control to ±0.01 K

References:
   ¹ D. F. Other, R. E. White, and E. Trueger, Ind. Eng. Chem. 33, 1240 (1941).