IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Phenanthrene with Seawater
Components:
   (1) Phenanthrene; C14H10; [85-01-8]  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 phenanthrene (1) in seawater (2) at 298 K has been reported in four works.

At 298 K and a salinity of 35 g salts/kg s1n the data of Eganhouse and Calder and of May et al. are in very good agreement. Therefore their mean, 6.9 x 10-5 g (1)/100 g s1n is adopted as the recommended value for the solubility of phenanthrene at the indicated temperature and salinity. The value of Aquan-Yuen et al. appears consistent with the data discussed above and with the recommended value for the solubility of phenanthrene in pure water and is adopted at tentative. The value of Schwarz appears slightly high and is considered doubtful.



 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
Table 1. Solubility of Phenanthrene (1) in Seawater (2) at 298 K
AuthorReferenceSol. PowerSolubilitySalinityMethod
Eganhouse and Calder157.1 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg slnGLC
Schwarz259.94 g(1)/100 g sln30 g salts/ kg slnuv spectral
May et al.356.63 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg slnHPLC
Aquan-Yuen et al.458.3 g(1)/100 g sln28.6 g salts/ kg slnuv spectral
Table 2. Solubility of Phenanthrene (1) in Seawater (2) Recommended Value
T/KSol. PowerSolubilitySalinity
29856.9 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg sln
 References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)
   1  Eganhouse, R.P.; Calder, J.A., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1976, 40, 555-61.
   2  Schwarz, F.P., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 273-7.
   4  Aquan-Yuen, M.; Mackay, D.; Shiu, W.Y., J. Chem. Eng. Data 1979, 24, 30-4.