IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with Methylcyclohexane
Components:
   (1) Methylcyclohexane; C7H14; [108-87-2 ]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Pyzuk, W.; Krupkowski, T.; Dolecki, J.; Paduszek, B., Pol. J. Chem. 56, 1477-82 (1982).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 295 K

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

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility temperatures of nitroethane (1) and methylcyclohexane (2) were determined for 22 mixtures, but these data are not given in the original publication.
Upper critical solution temperature was reported to be 295.2 K at Ø1 = 0.346 (100 w1 = 42.0 and x1 = 0.486, compilers).

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The method described in Pyzuk1 was used. No experimental details given.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; treated with sulfuric acid, washed, dried and distilled under reduced pressure over Sikkon; about 2.5 mass % of nitropropane impurity.
   (2) Fluka; not specified.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not specified.
   Temperature: Not specified.

 References:
   1 W. Pyzuk, Chem. Phys. 50, 281 (1980)