IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Biphenyl with Seawater
Components:
   (1) Biphenyl; C12H10; [92-52-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Seawater; ; []  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Evaluator:
   D.G. Shaw, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska USA. December 1982.

 Critical Evaluation:
   The solubility of biphenyl (1) in seawater (2) at 298 K has been reported in two works.

The reported data are all from different salinities, which precludes direct comparison. Since the data appear consistent with each other and with the recommended value for the solubility of biphenyl in pure water, the data of Paul and of Eganhouse and Calder are adopted as tentative.



 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
Table 1. Solubilty of Biphenyl (1) in Seawater (2) at 298 K
AuthorReferenceSol. PowerSolubilitySalinityMethod
Paul146.08 - 3.45 104 g(1)/100 g sln13-64 g salts/kg slnuv spectral
Eganhouse and Calder244.76 104 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/kg slnGLC
Table 2. Solubility of Biphenyl (1) in Seawater (2) Tentative Value
T/KSol. PowerSolubilitySalinity
29844.76 104 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg sln
 References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)
   1  Paul, M.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 5274-7.
   2  Eganhouse, R.P.; Calder, J.A., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1976, 40, 555-61.