IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane

Components:
   (1) 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane; C8H18; [540-84-1]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Vreeland, J.; Dunlap, R., J. Phys. Chem. 61, 329-33 (1957).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K to 303 K

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

Experimental Remarks:

   The mutual solubility of nitromethane (1) and 2,2,4-trimethytlpentane (2) in mass fractions were reported over the temperature range in graphical form. The compilers extracted the data presented in this table from the published graphs.

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of nitroethane (1) and 2,2,4-trimethylpentene (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Comment(s)
25.0298.222.00.300hydrocarbon-rich phase
28.2301.4--hydrocarbon-rich phase
29.5302.726.40.353hydrocarbon-rich phase
29.7302.937.90.482hydrocarbon-rich phase
29.8303.038.80.491hydrocarbon-rich phase
Mutual solubility of nitroethane (1) and 2,2,4-triemthylpentene (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Comment(s)
25.0298.268.90.771nitroethane-rich phase
28.2301.460.40.699nitroethane-rich phase
29.5302.7--nitroethane-rich phase
29.7302.943.30.538nitroethane-rich phase
29.8303.038.80.491 (UCST)nitroethane-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used. The solutions of known composition were heated above the critical solution temperature and placed in a bath, which was cooled at the rate of 0.01 K per minute. The solutions were agitated and the temperature at which phase separation occurred was observed.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Matheson, Chemical Co; research grade; distilled through a Todd column; b. p. = 114.7 to 114.8 °C.
   (2) Phillips Petroleum Co.; 99 mole % purity; p(25°C) = 687.74 g·L-1.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: 1%
   Temperature: control to ±0.02 K