IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database
NIST Standard Reference Database 106

Glass Ball as Bullet Solubility System: Phenanthrene with Biphenyl
Components:
   (1) Phenanthrene; C14H10; [85-01-8]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
   (2) Biphenyl; C12H10; [92-52-4]  NIST Chemistry WebBook for detail
Original Measurements:
   Rai, U.S.; Shekhar, H., Thermochim. Acta 1991, 175, 215-227.

 Variables:
   Temperature = N/A

 Prepared By:
   W.E. Acree, Jr.

 Experimental Remarks:
   Phase diagram, given in the original paper, shows that the system is a simple eutectic system. The eutectic point occurs at circa x1 = 0.23 and T/K = 333.7.

 Experimental Data:   (Notes on the Nomenclature)
  
Method/Apparatus/Procedure:
   Differential scanning calorimeter and an analytical balance.
Binary mixtures were prepared by weight. Melting point temperatures and phase diagram determined using differential scanning calorimetric techniques.

 Source and Purity of Materials:
   (1) Purity not given, Thomas Backer & Co., Bombay, India, was purified by fractional recrystallization from ethanol.
   (2) Purity not given, SOJUZ Chemicals, Moscow, USSR, was purified by recrystallization from ethanol.

 Estimated Errors:

   Temperature: T/K: precision ± 0.3 (compiler). x1: ± 0.01 (compiler).