Nitroglycerin

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Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

ΔcH°liquid (kcal/mol) Method Reference Comment
-364.7 ± 0.2CcbMiroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988see Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985; ALS
-364.0CcbHandrick, 1956Naval Powder Factory, 1951; ALS
-367.2CcbHandrick, 1956W. R. Tomlinson 1949; ALS
-364.96CcbCastronia, 1949ALS
-363.9 ± 0.9CcbTaylor and Hall, 1947Heat of combustion corrected for pressure; ALS
-364.61 ± 0.90CcbBurlot, 1939Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -368.86 kcal/mol; ALS
-368.36CcbRinkenbach, 1926Author's h288_condensed=-81.70 kcal/mol; ALS

References

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Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988
Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Korchatova, L.I.; Shelaputina, V.P.; Zyuz'kevich, S.A.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of glyceryl trinitrate, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1988, 1778-1781. [all data]

Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985
Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Korchatova, L.I.; Shelaputina, V.P.; Zyuzkevich, S.A.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of glyceryl trinitrate, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1985, 1778-1781. [all data]

Handrick, 1956
Handrick, G.R., Report of the study of pure explosive compounds. Part IV. Calculation of heat of combustion of organic compounds from structural features and calculation of power of high explosives, Rpt. C-58247 for the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, contract DA-19-020-ORD-47 by the Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1956, 467-573. [all data]

Castronia, 1949
Castronia, T.C., Long range basic research leading to the development of ideal propellants, Picatinny Arsenal Techn. Rep. No. 1755, 1949, 1. [all data]

Taylor and Hall, 1947
Taylor, J.; Hall, C.R.L., Determination of the heat of combustion of nitroglycerin and the thermochemical constants of nitrocellulose, J. Phys. Chem., 1947, 51, 593-611. [all data]

Burlot, 1939
Burlot, E., Etude relative a la calorimetrie des explosifs, Mem. Poudres, 1939, 29, 226-260. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Rinkenbach, 1926
Rinkenbach, W.H., The properties of glycol dinitrate, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1926, 18, 1195-1197. [all data]

Notes

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