Comparison of various cosolvency models for calculating solute solubility in water-cosolvent mixtures

Abstract

Previously published cosolvency models are critically evaluated in terms of their ability to mathematically correlate solute solubility in binary solvent mixtures as a function of solvent composition. Computational results show that the accuracy of the models is improved by increasing the number of curve-fit parameters. However, the curve-fit parameters of several models are limited. The combined nearly ideal binary solvent/Redlich-Kister, CNIBS/R-K, was found to be the best solution model in terms of its ability to describe the experimental solubility in mixed solvents. Also presented is an extension of the mixture response surface model. The extension was found to improve the correlational ability of the original model. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.