On the solubility of non-ionic organic solutes in seawater

Abstract

Given the solubilities of non-ionic organic solutes in water, their solubilities in seawater are obtained by correlation expressions involving two descriptors for the constituent ions (or salts) of seawater and two descriptors of the solutes. The former are the standard partial molar volumes and the intrinsic molar volumes and the latter are the molar volume (the Le Bas variant of it) and either the Hildebrand solubility parameter δ H or the Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic π*.