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Solubility of Capsaicin and Β-Carotene in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and in Halocarbons

Published

Author(s)

B N. Hansen, Allan H. Harvey, J P. Coelho, M F. Palavra, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

We measured the solubilities of Β-carotene and capsaicin in supercritical carbon dioxide, and also in difluoromethane (R-32) and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) in the liquid phase at temperatures near and somewhat below their critical points. Β-carotene solubility was also measured in 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (R-143a). The temperatures of the measurements ranged from 35 C to 55 C for capsaicin (up to 85 C in R-32) and from 40 C to 70 C for Β-carotene. The solubilities were determined using an HPLC system for capsaicin and a static high pressure cell for Β-carotene, and the amounts of products extracted were measured spectroscopically. At similar temperatures and densities, the solubility of capsaicin in the alternative refrigerants was higher than that in carbon dioxide; there was not such a clear trend for Β-cartene. Where the data covered a sufficient density range, they (along with literature data for the solutes in carbon dioxide) where analyzed according to the semiempirical density-based model of Mendez-Santiago and Teja.
Citation
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data
Volume
46
Issue
5

Keywords

alternative refrigerants, beta-carotene, capsaicin, carbon dioxide, solubility, supercritical fluids

Citation

Hansen, B. , Harvey, A. , Coelho, J. , Palavra, M. and Bruno, T. (2001), Solubility of Capsaicin and Β-Carotene in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and in Halocarbons, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=831766 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created September 1, 2001, Updated February 19, 2017
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