IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Pentane with Water
Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Pentane; C5H12; [109-66-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Pentane; C5H12; [109-66-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Fühner, H., Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1924, 57, 510-15.

 Variables:
   Temperature = One temperature: 16 °C

 Prepared By:
   M.C. Haulait-Pirson

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubility of pentane in water at 16 °C was reported to be 0.060 ml (1)/100 mL sln or 0.036 g(1)/100 g sln.
The corresponding mole fraction,x1, calculated by the compiler is 9.0 x 10-5.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
   Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   In a stoppered measuring cylinder pipetted volumes or weighed amounts of (1) were added with shaking to 50, 100 or 1000 cm3 of (2) until a completely clear solution was obtained at the experimental temperature.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) source not specified; commercial grade; used as received.
   (2) not specified.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: not specified.