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Experimental solubility data of various n-alkane waxes: effects of alkane chain length, alkane odd versus even carbon number structures, and solvent chemistry on solubility

Jennings, D. W.[David W.], Weispfennig, K.[Klaus]
Fluid Phase Equilib. 2005, 227, 1, 27-35
ABSTRACT
Solubility data were measured for eight different n-alkanes ranging from tetracosane to tetratetracontane (C24H50-C44H90). Included are: 1) solubility data in toluene for all the n-alkanes studied and (2) solubility data of n-hexatriacontane (C36H74) in several solvent and solvent mixture systems. Illustrated in the data are the effects on solubility of alkane chain length, alkane odd versus even carbon number structures, and solvent chemistry. The measurements were made to provide fundamental equilibrium data.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C24H50 tetracosane
2 C28H58 octacosane
3 C32H66 dotriacontane
4 C33H68 tritriacontane
5 C34H70 tetratriacontane
6 C40H82 tetracontane
7 C44H90 tetratetracontane
8 C7H16 heptane
9 C7H8 toluene
10 C11H10 1-methylnaphthalene
11 C10H18 decahydronaphthalene
12 C6H12 cyclohexane
13 CS2 carbon disulfide
14 C36H74 hexatriacontane
15 C4H10S2 3,4-dithiahexane
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 1
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 1
  • VISOBS
  • 5
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 2
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 2; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 2
  • VISOBS
  • 7
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 3
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 3; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 3
  • VISOBS
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 4
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 4; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 4
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 5
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 5; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 5
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 6
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 6; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 6
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 9
  • 7
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 7; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 7
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 13
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 7
  • POMD
  • 12
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 7
  • POMD
  • 11
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 8
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 10
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 8
  • POMD
  • 15
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 1
  • POMD
  • 13
  • 10
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Solvent: Mass fraction - 13; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 10
  • 11
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Solvent: Mass fraction - 11; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 6
  • POMD
  • 11
  • 15
  • 14
  • Solid-liquid equilibrium temperature, K ; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 14; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Solvent: Mass fraction - 11; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • Crystal - 14
  • VISOBS
  • 2