Abstract
Vejrosta, J., Novák, J. and Jönsson, J.Å., 1982. A method for measuring infinite-dilution partition coefficients of volatile compounds between the gas and liquid phases of aqueous systems. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 8: 25–35. A method has been developed for measuring the partition coefficients of volatile compounds between the gas and liquid phases of aqueous systems, based on the direct analysis of both phases. A gas mixture containing a known proportion of a volatile compound is drawn through the liquid (water) until equilibrium is established. A defined volume of the liquid phase is then withdrawn through a porous-polymer trap while maintaining the system at equilibrium. The residual water in the trap is then expelled by a stream of nitrogen gas, and the deposit remaining is thermally desorbed and analyzed by gas chromatography. This approach, together with an experimental technique for producing gas mixtures containing an accurately known concentration of hydrocarbon at low values, makes it possible to determine accurately the partition coefficients of low-solubility compounds, such as for hydrocarbons in aqueous systems, at very low solute concentrations in the system. The method has been verified by measuring the partition coefficient of hexane between the gas and liquid phases of an aqueous system at various concentrations and temperatures.
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