| Abstract: | Abstract Experimental solubilities are reported for pyrene in binary solvent mixtures containing benzene with n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, n-octane, cyclooctane and isooctane at 26°C. Results of these measurements, combined with published pyrene and biphenyl solubilities, are used to test predictive expressions derived from the Nearly Ideal Binary Solvent (NIBS) model. The most successful equation in terms of goodness of fit involved a surface fraction average of the excess Gibbs free energy relative to Raoult's law and predicted the experimental solubilities in 17 systems with an average deviation of 2.3% and a maximum deviation of 8.9%. Two expressions approximating weighting factors with molar volumes provided accurate predictions in many systems studied but failed in their ability to predict pyrene solubilities in solvent mixtures containing benzene. |
