IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Acetonitrile with Decanoic acid
Components:
   (1) Decanoic acid; C10H20O2; [334-48-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Acetonitrile; C2H3N; [75-05-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Hoerr, C.W.; Ralston, A.W., J. Org. Chem. 9, 329-37 (1944).

 Variables:
   Temperature = 273 K to 303 K

 Prepared By:
   Valerii P. Sazonov

 Experimental Remarks:
   The solubilities of decanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1) in mass percent over the indicated temperature range were reported in graphical form and in a table.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of decanoic acid (2) in acetonitrile (1)
t/°CT/Kg2/100 g solution102 * Mass Fraction w2 (compiler)Mole Fraction x2 (compiler)
0.0273.211.810.60.0275
3.0*276.2-12.10.0318
8.2*281.4-15.40.0416
10.0283.221.017.40.0478
13.7*286.9-21.40.0609
19.7*292.9-36.50.121
20.0293.266.039.80.136
20.9*294.1-44.50.160
22.3*295.5-63.00.289
24.2*297.4-81.80.517
27.5*300.7-92.50.746
30.0303.2760098.70.948
 Notes:
   *  These data were extracted by the compiler from the published graphs.

 Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   The synthetic method, as described elsewhere,1 was used. No details were reported.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; purity not specified; dried and twice distilled.
   (2) Purified according to Pool and Ralston2; freezing point = 31.24 °C.

 Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: Not specified.
   Temperature: Not specified.

 References:
   1. C. W. Hoerr, E. F. Binkerd, W. O. Pool, and A. W. Ralston, J. Org. Chem. 9, 68 (1944).
   2. W. O. Pool and A. W. Ralston, Ind. Eng. Chem. 34, 1104 (1942).