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Title: Estimating concentration of organic compound in octanol
Post by: TurtleGiraffe on February 20, 2013, 05:57:34 PM

In a Kow experiment, I got the concentration of an organic compound in the water phase via a UV spectrophotometer (via a calibration curve). We have then been asked to estimate the concentration of the organic compound in the octanol phase so we can workout a value for Kow. Does anyone have any idea how to do this?

Title: Re: Estimating concentration of organic compound in octanol
Post by: dimidola12 on February 20, 2013, 08:48:24 PM

Should you have been given the starting concentration or mass?