The Henry's law constants (air-water partition coefficients) of hydrophobic organic compounds of environmental concern are reviewed. An Qutline of the thermodynamic principles which govern the relationships between vapor pressure, solubility and Henry's law constant for solid and liquid compounds is presented and experimental techniques for obtaining these quantities with the required accuracy are discussed. Vapor pressure, solubility, and Henry's law constant data are tabulated and reviewed for a total of ISO compounds in 12 tables consisting of gaseous~ liquid and solid alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, monoaromacs, polynuclear aromatics, halogenated alkanes, alkenes and aromatics, and selected pesticides.

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Bioconcentration data are reported for a series of superhydrophobic chemicals including polybrominated biphenyls, brominated benzenes, mirex and polychlorinated biphenyls in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). The observed bioconcentration factors follow a linear relationship with the 1‐octanol/water partition coefficient for chemicals with a log Kow of up to 6. For chemicals with higher Kow values, the bioconcentration factors were lower than expected from the linear relationship. This loss of linear correlation is shown to be caused by (a) a low fraction of bioavailable chemical in the water, (b) elimination of chemical into the feces, (c) an insufficient exposure time to achieve equilibrium and (d) fish growth. Procedures are presented by which the magnitudes and relative contributions of these factors to reducing the apparent bioconcentration factor from linearity can be determined.

Relationships between the environmentally relevant physical chemical properties of the polychlorinated biphenyls, namely, aqueous solubility, vapor pressure, Henry's law constant, and octanol-water partition coefficient are discussed. Reported experimental data are tabulated and critically reviewed. Recommended values are given for 42 of the 209 congeners; however, procedures are suggested for estimating the properties of the other congeners. Properties of mixtures are not treated.