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:
   Hsu, K.Y.; Clever, H.L., J. Chem. Eng. Data 20, 268-71 (1975).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

Prepared By:
   V. P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   The mole fraction of nitroethane in the (2)-rich phase at equilibrium at 298.2 K was reported to be x1 = 0.3008, corresponding 100 w1 = 22.04 (compiler).
The mole fraction of nitroethane in the (1)-rich phase at equilibrium at 298.2 K was reported to be x1 = 0.8186, corresponding 100 w1 = 74.79 (compiler).

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   No experimental details given.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Matheson, Coleman and Bell; practical grade; distilled; b. p. = 57°C/12.9 kPa; n(25°C,D) = 1.3895; p(30°C) = 1034.5 g·L-1.
   (2) Phillips; research grade; n(25°C,D) = 1.38905; p(30°C) = 683.44 g·L-1.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: control to ±0.02 K