IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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 Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Octane

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Components:
   (1) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Octane; C8H18; [111-65-9]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Kharitonova, G.I., Dissertation, Saratov University 1971.

Variables:
   Temperature = 298 K

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

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  

Mutual solubility of acetonitrile (1) and octane (2)

t/°C	T/K	102 * Mass Fraction w1	Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)	Comment(s)
25.0	298.2 K	2.6	0.069	Hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0	298.2 K	93.3	0.975	Acetonitrile-rich phase

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The titration method was used. No experimental details given.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity not specified; distilled; boiling point = 82.0 °C, n(25 °C, D) = 1.3425.
   (2) Source not specified; purity not specified; distilled.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 0.1 K.

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Last updated: February 18, 2015 (Created: August 17, 2007)