IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Hexane
Components:
   (1) Hexane; C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Sugi, H.; Katayama, T., J. Chem. Eng. Jpn. 11, 167 (1978).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 313 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov and Nikolai V. Sazonov

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of acetonitrile (1) and hexane (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
40.00313.154.950.0985Hydrocarbon-rich phase
40.00313.1583.560.9143Acetonitrile-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Mutual solubility was determined by a cloud-point method described elsewhere.1 No experimental details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Merck Uvasol; spectrograde chemical; minimum purity 99.7 mole %; not purified; p(25 °C) = 776.71g·L–1.
   (2) Merck Uvasol; spectrograde chemical; minimum purity 99 mole %; not purified;p(25 °C) = 654.72g·L–1.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.01 K.

 References:
   1. H. Sugi, T. Nitta, T. Katayama, J. Chem. Eng. Jpn. 9, 12 (1976).