Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.52, No.6, 2166-2170, 2007
Solubility of D-Glucose in water and ethanol/water mixtures
The solubility Of D-glucose in water as a function of temperature in a mixture of ethanol/water containing (50, 60, 70, and 80) % ethanol was evaluated on the basis of the refraction index at 60 degrees C. The results obtained have shown that the solubility in water presents a linear increase with an increase in temperature, whereas for the solutions containing ethanol/water mixtures, this increase is represented by a second-order polynomial. Because glucose shows considerably high solubility, these data can be used to study the glucose crystallization process in mixtures containing antisolvents.