Rubidium salts (RbCl, RbNO 3 , Rb 2 SO 4 , and Rb 2 CO 3 ) + water + ethanol systems have been comparatively investigated and discussed. The solubilities and mutual miscibilities decrease with increasing ethanol content in the systems. The equilibrium solid phases for the RbCl-, RbNO 3 -, and Rb 2 SO 4 -containing systems are simple nonhydrates, but that of the Rb 2 CO 3 -containing system is Rb 2 CO 3 ‚2H 2 O. Rb 2 CO 3 can make the miscible aqueous ethanol mixture split, and the three others cannot. An empirical formula was proposed to correlate the experimental data, and the phase diagrams were constructed. An explanation for the experimental results based on molecular structure is postulated.