IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with Hexadecanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Hexadecanoic acid; C16H32O2; [57-10-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Nitroethane; C2H5NO2; [79-24-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 293 K to 333 K

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

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of hexadecanoic acid (2) in nitroethane (1)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)g2/g1Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
20.0293.2 0.1 0.1 x 1020.0003
30.0303.2 0.7 0.7 x 1020.0021
40.0313.2 2.5 2.6 x 1020.0075
50.0323.2 9.1 10.0 x 1020.0284
60.0333.294.31650 x 1020.8286
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described in Hoerr et al.,1 was used. No details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity not specified; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; purified according to Pool and Ralston2; f. p. = 62.82°C.

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

 References:
   1 C. W. Hoerr, E. F. Binkerd, W. O. Pool, and A. W. Ralston, J. Org. Chem. 9, 68 (1944).
   2 W. O. Pool and A. W. Ralston, Ind. Eng. Chem. 34, 1104 (1942).