Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol.55, No.2, 819-825, 2010
Critical Review and Recommended Values for the Physical-Chemical Property Data of 15 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at 25 degrees C
Accurate physical-chemical properties are of fundamental importance for interpreting and simulating the environmental fate and transport behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). A complete set of thermodynamically consistent property data (vapor pressure, aqueous solubility, octanol solubility, octanol-water partition coefficient, octanol-air partition coefficient, and air-water partition coefficient) for 15 PAHs [naphthalene (Nap), acenaphthylene (Acy), acenaphthene (Ace), fluorene (Fluo), phenanthrene (Phe), anthracene (Ant), fluoranthene (Flu), pyrene (Pyr), chrysene (Chry), benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF), benzo[k]fluoranthene (BkF), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), dibenzo[a,h]anthracene (DBA), indeno(1,2,3-c,d]pyrene (IP), and benzo[g,h,i]perylene (BghiP)] is derived from measured data reported in the literature. First, literature-derived values (LDVs) at 25 degrees C for each property and compound are obtained by averaging, regression, and extrapolation. Then the LDVs for each compound are adjusted to conform to the thermodynamic relationships between them using a least-squares adjustment procedure. The influence of the mutual solubility of octanol and water on phase partitioning is taken into account in the adjustment of K(OW). Compared to other semivolatile organic compounds, the LDVs for the PAHs display a high degree of thermodynamic consistency and require only minor adjustments. The LDVs and the adjusted values for all properties show highly linear regressions with molar mass.