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(2000) and Baum (1997). Extensive databases are available, for example, the handbooks<br />

by Mackay et al. (2000), which also give details of methods of experimental<br />

determination.<br />

It is important to appreciate that solubility in water is affected by temperature<br />

and the presence of electrolytes and other solutes in solution. It is often convenient<br />

to increase the solubility of a sparingly soluble organic substance by addition of a<br />

cosolvent to the water. Methanol and acetone are common cosolvents. To a first<br />

approximation, a “log-linear” relationship applies in that, if the solubility in water<br />

is S W and that in pure cosolvent is S C, then the solubility in a mixture S M is given by<br />

©2001 CRC Press LLC<br />

log S M = (1 – v C) log S W + v C log S C<br />

where v C is the volume fraction cosolvent in the solution.<br />

Electrolytes generally decrease the solubility of organics in water, the principal<br />

environmentally relevant issue being the solubility in seawater. The Setschenow<br />

equation is usually applied for predictive purposes, namely<br />

log (S W/S E) = kC S<br />

where S W is solubility in water, S E is solubility in electrolyte solution, k is the<br />

Setschenow constant specific to the ionic species, and C S is the electrolyte concentration<br />

(mol/L). Values of k generally lie in the range 0.2 to 0.3 L/mol; thus, in<br />

seawater, which is approximately 33 g NaCl/L or C S is about 0.5 mol/L, the solubility<br />

is about 70 to 80% of that in water. Xie et al. (1997) have reviewed this literature,<br />

especially with regard to seawater.<br />

5.4.6 Solubility in Octanol<br />

There are relatively few data on this solubility, and for many substances, especially<br />

liquids, the low activity coefficients render the solute-octanol system miscible;<br />

thus, no solubility is measurable. Pinsuwan and Yalkowsky (1995) have reviewed<br />

available solubility data and the relationships between K OW and solubilities in octanol<br />

and water.<br />

5.4.7 Solubility of a Substance in Itself<br />

The fugacity of a pure solute is its vapor pressure P S , and its “concentration” is<br />

the reciprocal of its molar volume v S (m 3 /mol) (typically, 10 –4 m 3 /mol). Thus,<br />

and<br />

C = (1/v S) = Z pf = Z PP S<br />

Z P = 1/P S v S

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