Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.355, 130-134, 2013
Solubility of spironolactone in supercritical carbon dioxide: Experimental and modeling approaches
In the present work, the solubility of spironolactone in supercritical carbon dioxide was measured using a static technique coupled with a gravimetric method. The solubility of this model drug was measured in the ranges of 308-338 K and 160-400 bar, respectively. The results showed that the solubility of spironolactone was in the range of 6.25 x 10(-5)-5.01 x 10(-3) based on the mole fraction at the studied temperatures and pressures. In addition, the measured solubility data were correlated using semi-empirical density based correlations (Mendez Santiago-Teja (MST) and Kumar and Johnston (K-J)) and an equation of state (Peng-Robinson (PR)). Obtained results showed better capability of the semi-empirical correlations compared with the PR-EoS for correlating the solubility of spironolactone at the studied temperatures and pressures. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.