Gilsonite Solubility Data

Solvent:Gilsonite

Percent

Extraction Temperature
Solvent

Ratio

Soluble

°F

°C
Mineral Spirits Heptane HexanePentane Petroleum Ether Ethanol M-Propyl Alcohol Nitro Methane Nitro Ethane Nitro Propane 2-Nitro Propane Benzene Toluene Carbon Tetrachloride Trichlorethylene Furfuryl Furfuryl Alcohol Cellosolve Methyl Cellosolve Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Diisobutyl Ketone Diisobutyl Ketone Butyl Carbitol Methyl Carbitol Hexylene Glycol Ethyl Acetate Isopropyl Acetate

3:1 3:1 9:1 3:1 10:1 7:1

7:1 3:1 3:1 9:1 9:1

9:1 — — — —

20:1 20:1 3:1 9:1 3:1

3:1 3:1 2:1 2:1 3:1

9:1 3:1 6:1 3:1 6:1

100 50 44 30 26 29.8

3.7 8.1 0 16 44

36 100 100 100 100

Nil Nil 17.4 6.2 11.6

75 90 31.8 21.2 6.8

23.8 13 33 17.5 34.5

BP RT RT-100 RT-100 RT 97

BP BP 195 228 230

— RT RT RT RT

RT RT BP BP RT

RT RT 210 190 BP

260-270 RT BP RT BP

38

38

36

91 109 110

99 88

127-133
Legend: BP = Boiling Point
RT = Room Temperature (77°F, 25°C)
Alcohols Methanol Ethanol 1-Propanol 1-Butanol Benzyl Alcohol Tridecyl Alcohol Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Pentane Hexane Short rng. Min. spirits Rule 66 mineral spirits 140 solvent Low odor 140 solvent 47 solvent 470 solvent Mineral seal oil Alkyl Halides Chloroform Carbon Tetrachloride Perchloroethylene 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene Glycol Ethers Diethylene glycol momomethyl ether Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate Propylene glycol monophenyl ether Ketones Acetone Methyl ethyl ketone Methyl n-butyl ketone Diisobutyl ketone Amines n-Propylamine Butylamine Cyclohexylamine Toluidines Morpholine Aromatic Hydrocarbons Benzene Toluene Ethylbenzene Xylene Aromatic 100 solvent Aromatic 150 solvent Esters Ethyl acetate n-Propyl acetate iso-Butyl acetate 4-Methyl-2-pentanol acetate iso-Butyl iso-butyrate Glycol Ethers Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether Others Ethylene glycol Propylene glycol Nitrobenzene Ethyl ether iso-Propyl ether n-Butyl ether Pine oil Turpentine

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Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Soluble Soluble

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Soluble Soluble Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble

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Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble

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Insoluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble

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Insoluble Insoluble Insoluble Insoluble Insoluble

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Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble

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Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble

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Insoluble

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Insoluble Insoluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Partially Soluble Soluble Soluble Soluble
  The information contained in this list is based on the solubility parameters for Gilsonite in weak, medium and strong hydrogen bonding solvents. Common industrial solvents were classed as either soluble, partially soluble or insoluble in Gilsonite at ambient temperatures based on the following solubility parameters for Gilsonite:
8.0 to 9.4 (cal/cm³)^1/2 7.8 to 8.2 (cal/cm³)^1/2 None Weak hydrogen-bonding solvents Medium hydrogen-bonding solvents Strong hydrogen-bonding solvents
Solvents more than 1.0 unit outside Gilsonite’s solubility parameter range are considered insoluble. Solvents less than 1.0 unit outside Gilsonite’s range are considered partially soluble. Solvents inside the range are considered soluble.