IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Ethanol with Hexane (n-hexane) with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Ethanol (ethyl alcohol); C2H6O; [64-17-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (3) Hexane (n-hexane); C6H14; [110-54-3]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Tarasenkov, D.N.; Paulsen, I.A., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 7, 2143 (1937).

Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K - 298 K

Prepared By:
   A. Skrzecz

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Compositions along the saturation curve
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.150.06530.92700.11250.8536
0.0273.150.44300.54100.57300.3741
0.0273.150.53320.45390.65920.3000
0.0273.150.63340.35180.73710.2189
0.0273.150.74010.21670.76580.1199
0.0273.150.79220.11860.73100.0585
0.0273.150.78740.07960.67300.0364
0.0273.150.79080.07320.67150.0332
0.0273.150.76820.04000.60010.0167
0.0273.150.69850.02130.48970.0080
0.0273.150.69430.01570.48070.0058
0.0273.150.60040.00940.37450.0031
0.0273.150.43120.00420.22970.0012
25.0298.150.03100.95920.05450.9014
25.0298.150.18520.79970.28430.6564
25.0298.150.36280.61640.48660.4420
25.0298.150.37820.59700.49710.4195
25.0298.150.51940.45910.63360.2994
25.0298.150.68030.28110.73210.1617
25.0298.150.73840.17610.70240.0896
25.0298.150.74730.12930.66020.0611
25.0298.150.73520.08000.58790.0342
25.0298.150.67490.03610.47090.0135
25.0298.150.53810.01860.32000.0059
25.0298.150.36680.01210.18700.0033
Compositions of coexisting phases
t/°CT/KMass Fraction w1Mass Fraction w2Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)Comment(s)
25.0298.150.00080.99310.00150.9700hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.150.01750.97710.03160.9434hydrocarbon-rich phase
25.0298.150.37670.00230.19160.0006water-rich phase
25.0298.150.56920.02910.35310.0097water-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   A titration method similar to that in Ref. 1 was used. A flask of 100 mL capacity containing a binary hexane-alcohol mixture of known composition, by weight, was placed in a thermostat. The mixture was titrated with water from a microburette with a scale of 0.01 mL, until opalescence, emulation or turbidity was observed. Samples of the same binary composition were titrated several times. Compositions of coexisting phases were obtained by an analytical method similar to that in Ref.  2. Experimental points were located on the binodal curve obtained by the authors. The ternary mixture became homogeneous when the hexane concentration reached 79.4 mass % at 0°C and 74.73 mass % at 25°C.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity of 99.97% for 3 points of the lower alcohol concentration at each temperature and purity of 92.64% for all other points.
   (2) Source not specified; distilled; b.p.=68.65°C, d(20°C,4°C)=0.6898.
   (3) Source not specified.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not reported.
   Temperature: Temp. ±0.05°C.

References:
   1 R. E. Washburn, J. Am. Soc. 53, 3237 (1931).
   2 D. N. Ttrasenkov and E. N. Polozhentseva, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 2, 84 (1932).