IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Hexadecanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Hexadecanoic acid; C16H32O2; [57-10-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K to 333 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubilities of hexadecanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1) in mass percent over the indicated temperature range were reported in graphical form and in a table.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of hexadecanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.2< 0.1<0.10.0001
10.0283.20.20.20.0003
20.0293.20.40.40.0006
29.2*302.4-0.90.0015
30.0303.21.01.00.0016
40.0313.22.82.70.0044
40.7*313.9-3.00.0049
49.7*322.9-8.30.014
50.0323.29.99.00.016
52.6*325.8-14.80.0271
54.6*327.8-28.60.0603
56.2*329.4-59.40.190
58.0*331.2-81.80.418
60.0333.2120092.30.657
 Notes:
   *  The compiler extracted these data from the published graphs.

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described elsewhere,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; freezing point = 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).