Compilation - Toluene with Water (IUPAC SDS Volume 37)
SDS Volume (449)
Volume 37. Hydrocarbons in Water and Seawater, Part I, p 390
Original Measurements
Morrison, T. J.; Billett, F.; J. Chem. Soc. 1952, 3819-3822.
Variables:
Room Temp: 25 °C
Prepared by:
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
After an excess of (1) had been shaken with about 1 L of (2) for about a week, a known volume of saturated solution was made slightly alkaline, and a stream of pure air passed through a silica tube packed with cupric oxide and heated to redness, the (2) was removed by concentrated sulfuric acid and calcium chloride and the carbon dioxide absorbed and weighed in soda-asbestos. The precautions usual in organic combustions were taken.
Source and Purity of Materials:
- source not specified; purest obtainable material; distilled; purity not specified.
- Not specified.
Estimated Errors:
Ambient temperature: ±0.1 K
Mass concentration (m/v) (1): ±0.5% (mean of large numbers of determinations)
Components:
- Toluene, $\ce{ C7H8 }$; [108-88-3] NIST WebBook
- Water, $\ce{ H2O }$; [7732-18-5] NIST WebBook
Experimental Data
The solubility of toluene in water at 25°C was reported tobe 0.00582 mol(1)/1000 g (2).
The corresponding mass percent and mole fraction, x1, calculated by compilers are 0.0536 g(1)/100 g sln and x1 = 1.05 × 10-4. The compiler's calculations assume a solution density of 1.00 g/mL.
