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Solubility in Water of C1–C9 Hydrocarbons

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THE solubilities in water of C1–C8 paraffin and branchedchain paraffin, 4 cycloparaffin, and 5 aromatic hydrocarbons have been determined using a gas-liquid partition chromatographic technique.

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McAULIFFE, C. Solubility in Water of C1–C9 Hydrocarbons. Nature 200, 1092–1093 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001092a0

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