Solubility of Organic Solvents. I. Gas Chromatographic Determination of Olive Oil‐Gas Partition Coefficients

A gas chromatographic method of measuring the olive oil‐gas partition coefficients is described. It is based on the relationship existing between the retention time of each substance and its solubility in olive oil used as a stationary liquid phase. The validity of this method has been tested by varying the length of the column, the percentage of liquid phase and the flow rate of the carrier gas. Using this technique, the partition coefficients of 24 hydrocarbons, 8 aliphatic, 6 aromatic and 10 chlorinated, have been determined (see Table 4).