IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Buckminsterfullerene with n-Decane
Components:
   (1) n-Decane; C10H22; [124-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Buckminsterfullerene; C60; [99685-96-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Sivaraman, N.; Dhamodaran, R.; Kaliappan, I., Srinivasan, R.G.; Vasudeva Rao, P.R.; Mathews, C.K., J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 6077-6079.

 Variables:
   Temperature = 303 K

 Prepared By:
   W. E. Acree, Jr.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
t/°CConcentration c1 [mol dm**-3]
30.09.71 x 10-5
 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Constant temperature bath, stirrer, thermometer, and an ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometer. Excess solute and solvent placed in glass tubes and allowed to equilibrate for 5 hours at constant temperature with stirring. Tube was then centrifuged and aliquots of saturated solution was  with and the absorbance measured at 328 nm after appropriate dilution with spectroscopic grade n-hexane.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Graphite soot obtained by passing an ac discharge between spectroscopic grade graphite, fullerenes recovered by soxhlet extraction with toluene, and sample purified by chromatographic separation on alumina column.
   (2) HPLC grade or AR grade solvent, chemical source not given, aromatic impurities removed by chromatography if necessary.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: c1: ± 3 % (relative error; compiler).
   Temperature: T/K: ± 0.1.

 References:
   1W.E. Acree, Jr.