IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with 3-Methylpentane
Components:
   (1) 3-Methylpentane; C6H14; [96-14-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Reeder, J.; Block, T.E.; Knobler, C.M., J. Chem. Thermodyn. 8,133-40 (1976).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 298.596 K

 Prepared By:
   N. I. Lisov and V. P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of nitroethane in 3-methylpentane at 298.596 K was reported to be x1 = 0.3627. The corresponding mass percentage calculated by the compilers is 100 w1 = 33.14.
The solubility of nitroethane in 3-methylpentane at 298.596 K was reported to be x2 = 0.2958. The corresponding Mass percentage calculated by the compilers is 100 w2 = 32.53.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   These data are from a study of the excess volumes of (1) and (2) mixtures. A detailed of the apparatus and procedure is in Reeder et al.1

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Obtained from Dr. S. Greer of the US National Bureau of Standards; 99.95 mole % purity; dried and degassed by vacuum sublimation.
   (2) Phillips Petroleum Co.; research grade; 99.99 mole % purity; not purified.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: Not specified.

 References:
   1 J. Reeder, C. M. Knobler, and R. L. Scott, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 7, 345 (1975).