IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106


Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Phenanthrene with Water

Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Phenanthrene; C14H10; [85-01-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Original Measurements:
   Schwarz, F.P., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 273-7.

Variables:
   Temperature = 8.4 °C - 31.8 °C

Prepared By:
   A. Maczynski

Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Solubility of phenanthrene in water
t/°C105 * g1/100 g solution (compiler)108 * Mole Fraction x1 (compiler)106 * n1/V2 [mol/L]
8.45.015.062.81 ± 0.07
11.15.515.573.09 ± 0.07
14.06.406.473.59 ± 0.06
17.57.847.924.40 ± 0.04
20.28.808.904.94 ± 0.09
23.310.8510.976.09 ± 0.07
25.011.5111.636.46 ± 0.02
29.313.7213.877.7 ± 0.2
31.816.2716.449.13 ± 0.08
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Two methods were used. At 25 °C the solubility of (1) in (2) was determined from UV absorption measurements and was used as a standard at other temperatures. At other temperatures the spectrofluorimetry method was used. The sealed fluorescence cells contained 5 mL of the aqueous solution and an excess of (1) were rotated at least 72 h in a water bath, then removed, quickly wiped dry and placed in the fluorimeter.

Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Source not specified; better than 99 mole%, by glc; used as received.
   (2) Distilled over KMnO4 and NaOH and passed through a Sephadex column.

Estimated Errors:
   Solubility: see above
   Temperature: ± 0.1 °C