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Title: Water solubility of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

Journal Article · · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00144a012· OSTI ID:5815199

Vacuum deposition of a solid film onto a glass surface and equilibrium on this film with water are the basis of a method that was used to measure the water solubility of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Films of both /sup 14/C-radiolabeled and unlabeled dioxin were prepared so that solubilized material could be measured by radioactivity as well as by capillary GC/LRMS techniques. The averages of solubility values for radiolabeled and unlabeled dioxin were 3.9 x 10/sup -11/ M (12.5 parts per trillion) and 6.0 x 10/sup -11/ M (19.3 parts per trillion), respectively. The solubility values lie within the values predicted from Yalkowsky's K/sub ow/-solubility equation of best fit for chlorinated hydrocarbons and the available estimates for the octanol-water partition coefficient, K/sub ow/. 11 references, 2 tables.

Research Organization:
Syntex Research, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
OSTI ID:
5815199
Journal Information:
Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 20:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English