IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Fluorene with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Fluorene; C13H10; [86-73-7]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Evaluator:
   G.T. Hefter, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, W.A., Australia. April 1986.

Critical Evaluation:

   Quantitative solubility data for fluorene (1) in water (2) have been reported in the publications listed in Table 1. No solubility data for water in fluorene have been reported.

The original data in all of these publications are compiled in the Data Sheets immediately following this Critical Evaluation. The solubility values are also summarized in Table 2 and plotted in Figure 1.

At 298K, the only temperature where comparison is possible, the available data (ref 1-3) are in good agreement and the average value can be Recommended. At other temperatures only the values of Wauchope and Getzen (ref 1) are available and are therefore regarded as tentative.



Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Table 1. Quantitative Solubility Studies of Fluorene (1) in Water (2)
AuthorT/KReferenceMethod
Wauchope and Getzen273-3481spectrophotometric
Mackay and Shiu2982spectrofluorometric
May et al.2983chromatographic
Table 2. Recommended (R) and Tentative Solubiltiy Values of Fluorene (1) in Water (2)
T/KReferenceSol. PowerSolubilitySol. NoteBest Sol. PowerBest SolubilityBest Sol. Notex1 Powerx1x1 Note
273140.66 g(1)/100g slna40.7 g(1)/100g slnb60.8b
2981, 2, 341.90, 1.98, 1.685 g(1)/100g slna41.9 ± 0.1 (R) g(1)/100g slnb62.1 (R)b
303142.4* g(1)/100g slna42.4 g(1)/100g slnb62.6b
313143.8* g(1)/100g slna43.8 g(1)/100g slnb64.1b
323146.29 g(1)/100g slna46.3 g(1)/100g slnb66.8b
3331410.4* g(1)/100g slna410 g(1)/100g slnb611b
3431418.5* g(1)/100g slna419 g(1)/100g slnb621b
View Figure 1 for this Evaluation

Notes:
Table 2a  Values marked with an asterisk ( * ) were obtained by the Evaluator by graphical interpolation of the authors' original values.
Table 2b  Obtained by averaging where appropriate; σn has no statistical significance.

References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)

   1  Wauchope, R.D.; Getzen, F.W., J. Chem. Eng. Data 1972, 17(1), 38-41.
   2  Mackay, D.; Shiu, W.Y., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 399-402.