IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with Water

Components:
   (1) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Malone, J.W.; Vining, R.W., J. Chem. Eng. Data 12, 387-9 (1967).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The proportion of nitroethane in the water-rich phase at equilibrium at 298 K was reported to be 100 w1 = 5.05. The corresponding mole fraction solubility, x1, calculated by the compiler, is 0.0126.
The proportion of nitroethane in the nitroethane-rich phase at equilibrium at 298 K was reported to be 100 w1 = 99.14. The corresponding mole fraction solubility, x1, calculated by the compiler, is 0.9651.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. No experimental details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Commercial Solvents Corp.; purity 93.9 mass % with 2.3 mass % of 2-nitropropane.
   (2) Distilled.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ±1 K.