IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Water-d2

Components:
   (1) Water-d2; D2O; [7789-20-0]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Szydlowski, J.; Szykula, M., Fluid Phase Equilib. 154, 79 (1999).

Variables:
   Temperature = 253 K to 279 K

Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

Experimental Remarks:

   UCST was reported at 278.534 ± 0.005 K at x1c = 0.362 ± 0.002 (100 w1 = 53.8, compiler).

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Mutual solubility of acetonitrile (1) and water-d2 (2)
t/°CT/K102 * Mass Fraction w1 (compiler) Mole Fraction x1Comment(s)
-19.733253.417--Water-d2-rich phase
-11.449261.701--Water-d2-rich phase
-6.624266.52626.90.152Water-d2-rich phase
-2.804270.346--Water-d2-rich phase
-1.393271.75730.60.177Water-d2-rich phase
0.211273.361--Water-d2-rich phase
1.348274.49834.00.201Water-d2-rich phase
1.838274.988--Water-d2-rich phase
2.953276.103--Water-d2-rich phase
3.209276.35937.40.226Water-d2-rich phase
3.661276.811--Water-d2-rich phase
4.209277.359--Water-d2-rich phase
4.277277.42740.60.250Water-d2-rich phase
4.786277.936--Water-d2-rich phase
4.906278.05643.90.276Water-d2-rich phase
5.005278.155--Water-d2-rich phase
5.241278.391--Water-d2-rich phase
5.313278.46347.00.302Water-d2-rich phase
5.340278.490--Water-d2-rich phase
5.354278.50449.80.326Water-d2-rich phase
5.384278.53452.50.350Water-d2-rich phase
5.385278.535--Water-d2-rich phase
-19.733253.41789.10.800Acetonitrile-rich phase
-11.449261.70185.70.745Acetonitrile-rich phase
-6.624266.52682.80.702Acetonitrile-rich phase
-2.804270.34679.40.653Acetonitrile-rich phase
-1.393271.757--Acetonitrile-rich phase
0.211273.36175.50.601Acetonitrile-rich phase
1.348274.498--Acetonitrile-rich phase
1.838274.98873.50.575Acetonitrile-rich phase
2.953276.10371.20.547Acetonitrile-rich phase
3.209276.359--Acetonitrile-rich phase
3.661276.81169.30.524Acetonitrile-rich phase
4.209277.35967.50.503Acetonitrile-rich phase
4.277277.427--Acetonitrile-rich phase
4.786277.93664.80.473Acetonitrile-rich phase
4.906278.056--Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.005278.15562.60.450Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.241278.39160.10.424Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.313278.463--Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.340278.49057.70.400Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.354278.504--Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.384278.534--Acetonitrile-rich phase
5.385278.53555.20.375Acetonitrile-rich phase
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method was used with a simplified version of the apparatus described in work.1 Temperature was changed at the rate < 0.01 K/min - there was no visible influence of the rate on the transition temperature up to the rate 0.1 K/min. Due to the very weak turbidity a long capillary cell was employed. A 5-mW Polythec HeNe laser was used as a probe for detecting the phase separation.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Byk-Malinckrodt; AR; carefully purified by the column distillation; purity of the collected fractions at least 99.95 mass %.
   (2) From Institute of Atomic Energy, Isotope Distribution Center; 99.92 % D; twice distilled.

Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: ± 5 mK

References:
   1. J. Szydlowski, L. P. Rebelo, and W. A. Van Hook, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 63, 1717 (1992).