Styrene

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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil419. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 18 out of 19 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus240. ± 30.KAVGN/AAverage of 10 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple242.47KN/APitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; TRC
Ttriple242.47KN/AGuttman, Westrum, et al., 1943Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Ttriple242.47KN/AGuttman, 1943Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; temperature scale based on To = 273.16 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap10.50 ± 0.10kcal/molVPitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 2ALS
Δvap10.5kcal/molN/APitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3Based on data from 285. - 333. K.; AC
Δvap10.4 ± 0.1kcal/molN/APitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3AC
Δvap10.4kcal/molN/AProsen and Rossini, 1945DRB
Δvap10.3kcal/molN/APatnode and Scheiber, 1939Based on data from 245. - 357. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
10.2260.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 245. - 334. K.; AC
9.92349.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 334. - 419. K.; AC
10.2319.N/AChaiyavech and Van Winkle, 1959Based on data from 306. - 333. K.; AC
10.3318.N/ADreyer, Martin, et al., 1955Based on data from 303. - 417. K.; AC
9.61348.N/ABurchfield, 1942Based on data from 306. - 389. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
305.6 - 355.344.05361459.909-59.551Chaiyavech and Van Winkle, 1959Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
303.07 - 417.924.213771525.059-56.379Dreyer, Martin, et al., 1955Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.6205242.27Warfield and Petree, 1961DH
2.6169242.27Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3DH
2.6171242.47Guttman and Westrum, 1943DH
2.6171242.47Lebedev, Lebedev, et al., 1985DH
2.620242.3Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
10.83242.27Warfield and Petree, 1961DH
10.79242.27Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3DH
10.79242.47Guttman and Westrum, 1943DH
10.8242.47Lebedev, Lebedev, et al., 1985DH

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., The Heat Capacity, Heats of Fusion and Vaporization, Vapor Pressure Entropy, Vib. Frequencies, and Barrier to Internal Rotation of Styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209. [all data]

Guttman, Westrum, et al., 1943
Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F.; Pitzer, K.S., The Thermodynamics of Styrene (Phenylethylene) Including the Equilibrium Formation from Ethylbenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 1246. [all data]

Guttman, 1943
Guttman, L., , Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, 1943. [all data]

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 2
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., The heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, vapor pressure, entropy, vibration frequencies and barrier to internal rotation of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209-22. [all data]

Pitzer, Guttman, et al., 1946, 3
Pitzer, K.S.; Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., The heat capacity, heats of fusion and vaporization, vapor pressure, entropy vibration frequencies and barrier to internal rotation of styrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 2209-2212. [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation and combustion of 1,3-butadiene and styrene, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 34, 59-63. [all data]

Patnode and Scheiber, 1939
Patnode, Winton.; Scheiber, W.J., The Density, Thermal Expansion, Vapor Pressure, and Refractive Index of Styrene, and the Density and Thermal Expansion of Polystyrene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 12, 3449-3451, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01267a066 . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Chaiyavech and Van Winkle, 1959
Chaiyavech, Pramote; Van Winkle, Matthew, Styrene-Ethylbenzene Vapor-Liquid Equilibria at Reduced Pressures., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 1, 53-56, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60001a008 . [all data]

Dreyer, Martin, et al., 1955
Dreyer, R.; Martin, W.; von Weber, U., Die S«65533»ttigungsdampfdrucke von Benzol, Toluol, «65533»thylbenzol, Styrol, Cumol und Brombenzol zwischen 10 und 760 Torr, J. Prakt. Chem., 1955, 1, 5-6, 324-328, https://doi.org/10.1002/prac.19550010508 . [all data]

Burchfield, 1942
Burchfield, P.E., Vapor Pressures of Indene, Styrene and Dicyclopentadiene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 10, 2501-2501, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01262a504 . [all data]

Warfield and Petree, 1961
Warfield, R.W.; Petree, M.C., Thermodynamic properties of polystyrene and styrene, J. Polymer Sci., 1961, 55, 497-505. [all data]

Guttman and Westrum, 1943
Guttman, L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., and Pitzer, K.S., The thermodynamics of styrene (phenylethylene), including equilibrium of formation from ethylbenzene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 1246-1247. [all data]

Lebedev, Lebedev, et al., 1985
Lebedev, B.V.; Lebedev, N.K.; Smirnova, N.N.; Kozyreva, N.M.; Kirillin, A.I.; Korshak, V.V., The isotope effect in the thermodynamic parameters of polymerization of styrene, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 1985, SSSR 281, 379-383. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]


Notes

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