IUPAC-NIST Solubilities Database

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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:
   Lakhanpal, M.L.; Mandal, N.J.; Ahuja, S.C., Indian J. Chem. 20A, 1008 (1981).

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K to 321 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/°C	T/K	10² * Mass Fraction w₁ (compiler)	Mole Fraction x₁	Comment(s)
25.0	298.2	6.02	0.1185	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
26.9	300.1	6.37	0.1250	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
48.2	321.4	7.75	0.1500	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0	298.2	74.34	0.8588	Acetonitrile-rich phase
26.9	300.1	73.74	0.8550	Acetonitrile-rich phase
48.2	321.4	70.11	0.8312	Acetonitrile-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The mutual solubilities of the components were determined with the help of Ziess interferometer. No experimental details were reported.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; pure grade; twice distilled at first over P₂O₅, then over anhydrous potassium carbonate, collected the fraction at 80 °C.
   (2) Source not specified; spectroscopy grade; not purified.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Not reported.