IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Strontium formate with Water

Components:
   (1) Strontium formate; Sr(CHO2)2; [592-89-2]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Ashton, F.W.; Houston, D.F.; Saylor, C.P., J. Res. Nat. Bur. Stand. 11, 233-53 (1933).

Variables:
   Temperature = 0 ºC to 100 ºC.

Prepared By:
   Chr.Balarew and St. Trendafilova

Experimental Remarks:

   Most of the data are given only in graphical form. The authors’ Table contains interpolated data as well as data from other sources.1

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
(Please see footnotes following the table(s).)
  
Solubility of strontium formate in water.
t/°Cg1/g2PhaseMass Fraction w1m1 [mol kg-1]aSolid Phase(s)c
09.1 (b)Liquid8.30.51A
1010.6 (b)Liquid9.580.597A
2012.7 (b)Liquid11.30.715A
3015.2 (b)Liquid13.20.856A
4017.8Liquid15.11.00A
5021.0 (b)Liquid17.41.18A
6025.0Liquid20.01.41A
7030.0 (b)Liquid23.11.69A
8031.9 (b)Liquid24.21.80B
9032.9Liquid24.81.85B
10034.4 (b)Liquid25.61.94B
Notes:
   a  The compilers calculated the molality values as mol/kg.
   b  These data were interpolated by the authors.
   c  The solid phases are: A = Sr(CHO2)2•2H2O; B = Sr(CHO2)2.

Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The isothermal method was used. Samples were taken at 6 and 18 h, filtered into weighing bottles and weighed. They were then evaporated to dryness in an oven at 125 °C, cooled in a desiccator and weighed. From the weight of anhydrous salt thus obtained, the solubility in g/100 g was calculated. The calcium content was determined by dissolving a sample in sulfuric acid, concentrating it by evaporation, and the acid driven off. The residue was then ignited, cooled, and weighed as sulfate.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   Strontium formate was prepared by adding Sr(OH)2 to an excess of formic acid. It was recrystallized in 3 fractions as the dihydrate. The first fraction was recrystallized. The product was dried at 125 °C. A portion was later recrystallized from a slightly acid solution at 80-85°C. The dihydrate is made by recrystallization at room temperature.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: 0.1 g/100 g H2O.

References:
   1H. Stanley, Chem. News 89, 193 (1904).