IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Nitroethane with Octadecanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Octadecanoic acid; C18H36O2; [57-11-4]  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 = 313 K to 333 K

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

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of octadecanoic acid (2) in nitroethane (1)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)g2/g1Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
40.0313.2 0.3 0.3 x 1020.001
50.0323.2 2.6 2.7 x 1020.007
60.0333.212.314.0 x 1020.036
 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; purified according to Hoerr et al.1; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Source not specified; purified according to Pool and Ralston2; f. p. = 69.32°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).