Number: 2001-084-1-500 (previous 580/43/92)
Title: Experimental determination of solubilities
Task Group
Chairman: R.P.T. Tomkins
Member: G.T. Hefter
Completion Date: 2002 - project completed
Objective:
The aim of this project is to provide a codification
of the reliable methods for determining the solubilities of virtually
all types of solutes, so as to assist the scientific community to better
determine these important quantities. The Solubility Data Commission
has been compiling and critically evaluating all types of solubility
data for over 20 years. This has resulted in the publication, up to
the present, of 65 volumes of the IUPAC Solubility Data Series. One
of the major themes to emerge from this ongoing effort is the poor quality
of many of the published data. Undoubtedly, this is frequently due to
the use of inaccurate or inappropriate methods of solubility determination.
Although the methods for determining the solubilities of specific types
of substances have been reviewed from time to time, no comprehensive
determination covering all types of solutes and solvents has ever appeared.
This project will utilize the diverse expertise of members of the Solubility
Data Commission and other recognised specialists to provide a critical
guide to the reliable quantification of solubilities.
Progress:
The editors met in Melbourne in January 1997 and all contributors
were contacted. The overall plan of the book remains unchanged.
The book is divided into five major sections.
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The first covers the fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic background
necessary for a full understanding of solubility phenomena. The next
three sections cover, at varying length, the major types of solubility
determinations according to the physical state of the solute: gases,
liquids, and solids. The final section covers a number of technologically
important areas whose character or traditions are sufficient different
to justify their separation.
Project near completion. The manuscript has been delivered to Wiley
(UK), and proofs shall be ready by September 2002.
Project completed - book
reference: John Wiley & Sons, 2003 [ISBN: 0-471-49708-8].
Last Update: 14 August 2002