IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Pyrene with Seawater
Components:
   (1) Pyrene; C16H10; [129-00-0]  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 pyrene (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 May et al. and Rossi and Thomas are in very good agreement. Since the value reported by May et al. is more precise and derived from several measurements using the Setschenow equation, it is adopted as the recommended value for the solubility of pyrene in seawater at the temperature and salinity indicated. Rossi and Thomas and Schwarz each report data over a range of temperatures.



 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
Table 1. Solubility of Pyrene (1) in Seawater (2) at 298 K
AuthorReferenceSol. PowerSolubilitySalinityMethod
Krasnoschekova et al.167.705 g(1)/100 g sln6 g salts/ kg slnspectral
Schwarz269.48 g(1)/100 g sln30 g salts/ kg slnuv spectral
May et al.368.60 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg slnHPLC
Rossi and Thomas468.9 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg slnGLC
Table 2. Solubility of Pyrene (1) in Seawater (2) Recommended Value
T/KSol. PowerSolubilitySalinity
29868.60 g(1)/100 g sln35 g salts/ kg sln
 References: (Click a link to see its experimental data associated with the reference)
   1  Krasnoschchekova, R.Ya.; Pakhapill, Yu.A.; Gubergrits, M.Ya., Khim. Tverd. Topl. 1977, 11(2), 133-6.
   2  Schwarz, F.P., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 273-7.
   4  Rossi, S.S.; Thomas, W.H., Environ. Sci. Technol. 1981, 15, 715-6.