IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

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 Solubility System: Chrysene with Water

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Components:
   (1) Water; H2O; [7732-18-5]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Chrysene; C18H12; [218-01-9]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail

Evaluator:
   G.T. Hefter, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, W.A., Australia.
A. Maczynski, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. June 1986.

Critical Evaluation:

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

The original data is all of these publications are compiled in the Data Sheets immediately following this Critical Evaluation.

With the exception of Klevens (ref 2) value at 298K, which is very much higher than other studies (ref 3,4) and is therefore rejected, all the available data are summarized in Table 2 below. The solubilities are in reasonable agreement although there limited number and temperature range suggests a Tentative classification at this stage.



Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)

Table 1. Quantitative Solubility Studies of Chrysene (1) in Water (2)

Author	T/K	Reference	Method
Davis et al.	300	1	nepleometric
Klevens	298	2	spectrofluorometric
Mackay and Shiu	298	3	spectrophotometric
May et al.	298, 302	4	chromatographic

Table 2. Tentative Solubility Values for Chrysene (1) in Water (2)

T/K	Reference	Sol. Power	Solubility	Best Sol. Power	Best Solubility	Best Sol. Note	x1 Power	x1	x1 Note
298	3, 4	7	2.0, 1.8 g(1)/100g sln	7	1.9 ± 0.1 g(1)/100g sln	a	10	1.5	a
300	1	7	1.5 g(1)/100g sln	7	1.5 g(1)/100g sln	a	10	1.2	a
302	4	7	2.2 g(1)/100g sln	7	2.2 g(1)/100g sln	a	10	1.7	a

Notes:
Table 2^a  Obtained by averaging where appropriate; σ_n has no statistical significance.

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

   1  Davis, W.W.; Krahl, M.E.; Cloves, G.H.A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1942, 64, 108-10.
   2  Klevens, H.B., J. Phys. Chem. 1950, 54, 283-98.
   3  Mackay, D.; Shiu, W.Y., J. Chem. Eng. Data. 1977, 22, 399-402.

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