IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Heptane
Components:
   (1) Heptane; C7H16; [142-82-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Tripathi R.; Asselineau, L., J. Chem. Eng. Data 20, 33 (1975).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 343 K

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

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of acetonitrile (1) and heptane (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
69.5342.711.70.245Hydrocarbon-rich phase
69.5342.773.40.871Acetonitrile-rich phase
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The analytical method was used. No experimental details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Prolabo Rhone-Poulenc, France; purified by fractional distillation in a Oldershaw column; boiling point = 81.6 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.34350, p(20 °C) = 782.8 g·L-1.
   (2) Phillips Petroleum Co.; purity more 99.0 mole %; not purified; boiling point = 98.4 °C, n(20 °C, D) = 1.38760, p(20 °C) = 683.7 g·L-1.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.1 K.