Phosphorus, mol. (P4)

• Formula: P₄
• Molecular weight: 123.895048
• CAS Registry Number: 12185-10-3
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Cox, Wagman, et al., 1984
Cox, J.D.; Wagman, D.D.; Medvedev, V.A., CODATA Key Values for Thermodynamics, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 1984, 1. [all data]

Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Jones, Ganteför, et al., 1995
Jones, R.O.; Ganteför, G.; Hunsicker, S.; Pieperhoff, P., Structure and Spectroscopy of Phosphorous Cluster anions: Theory (simulated annealing) and Experiment (Photoelectron Detachment), J. Chem. Phys., 1995, 103, 22, 9549, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.469969 . [all data]

Drowart, Smets, et al., 1978
Drowart, J.; Smets, J.; Reynaert, J.C.; Coppens, P., Mass spectrometric study of the photoionization of inorganic gases vapours, Adv. Mass Spectrom., 1978, 7, 647. [all data]

Smets, Coppens, et al., 1977
Smets, J.; Coppens, P.; Drowart, J., Photoionization with mass spectrometric analysis of the tetraphosphorus molecule, Chem. Phys., 1977, 20, 243. [all data]

Smoes and Drowart, 1973
Smoes, S.; Drowart, J., Atomization energies of phosphorus oxides, Faraday Symp. Chem. Soc., 1973, 139. [all data]

Evans, Joachim, et al., 1972
Evans, S.; Joachim, P.J.; Orchard, A.F.; Turner, D.W., A study of the orbital electronic structure of the P₄ molecule by photoelectron spectroscopy, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1972, 9, 41. [all data]

Brundle, Kuebler, et al., 1972
Brundle, C.R.; Kuebler, N.A.; Robin, M.B.; Basch, H., Ionization potentials of the tetraphosphorus molecule, Inorg. Chem., 1972, 11, 20. [all data]

Carlson, Kohl, et al., 1968
Carlson, K.D.; Kohl, F.J.; Uy, O.M., Mass spectrometry of molecules of the nitrogen family, Advan. Chem. Ser., 1968, 72, 245. [all data]

Hart, Robin, et al., 1965
Hart, R.R.; Robin, M.B.; Kuebler, N.A., 3p Orbitals, bent bonds, and the electronic spectrum of the P₂ molecule, J. Chem. Phys., 1965, 42, 3631. [all data]

Gutbier, 1961
Gutbier, H., Massenspektrometrische Untersuchungen der Verdampfungsvorgange bei einigen Verbindungen mit Zinkblende-Gitter im Temperaturbereich um 1000 degree K, Z. Naturforsch. A:, 1961, 16, 268. [all data]

Carette and Kerwin, 1961
Carette, J.-D.; Kerwin, L., Une etude du phosphore rouge par spectrometrie de masse, Can. J. Phys., 1961, 39, 1300. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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