Table 1.

Physicochemical properties of hydrocarbons.

Hydrocarbon	Solubility in water, μmol/L	Hydrophobicity coefficient (logPO/W)
Naphthalene	236–269	3.5
Phenanthrene	6–10	4.3
Anthracene	0.2–0.5	4.3
Benzo[a]anthracene	0.041–0.061	5.5
Benzo[a]pyrene	0.005–0.019	6.0
n-Docosane	0.000001–0.000003	9.7
n-Hexacosane	0.00000002–0.000001	10.0
n-Octacosane	0.000000002–0.000001	10.1
n-Nonacosane	0.0000000007–0.000001	10.2
n-Hentriacontane	0.00000000007–0.0000009	10.3