Solubility of Phenanthrene in Ternary Mixtures of C₁−C₄ Alcohols at 298.2 K

Abstract

Solubility of phenanthrene in ternary mixtures of ethanol +1-propanol + methanol, ethanol + 1-propanol + 2-propanol, 1-butanol + methanol + 2-propanol, 1-butanol + ethanol + 1-propanol, and 1-butanol + 1-propanol + methanol are reported. Five numerical methods were used to predict solubility of phenanthrene in studied ternary mixtures, and the mean relative deviation (MRD) was used as a criterion of error. The MRD values for studied mixtures of alcohols were 3.7%, 18.0%, 12.0%, 99.7%, and 12.7%, respectively, for methods I-V.

IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series. 98. Solubility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pure and Organic Solvent Mixtures: Revised and Updated. Part 2. Ternary Solvent Mixtures

“…The measured molar solubilities were converted to mole fraction solubilities using the measured densities of the saturated solutions. 34 reported the solubility of phenanthrene in five different ternary solvent mixtures containing various combinations of methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and 1-butanol. There has only been a single experimental determination for the solubility of phenanthrene in each of the five ternary solvent systems studied.…”