Octane

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

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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:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

ΔvapH° (kJ/mol) Method Reference Comment
41.53N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
41.6N/ARuzicka and Majer, 1994AC
41.5 ± 0.1CHossenlopp and Scott, 1981AC
41.5 ± 0.1CMajer, Svoboda, et al., 1979AC
41.5N/AReid, 1972AC
41.6 ± 0.08CWadso, 1966ALS
41.6 ± 0.08CWadso, 1960ALS
41.5 ± 0.1COsborne and Ginnings, 1947AC
41.48COsborne and Ginnings, 1947, 2ALS
34.0VFajans, 1920ALS

References

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Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Ruzicka and Majer, 1994
Ruzicka, Kvetoslav; Majer, Vladimir, Simultaneous Treatment of Vapor Pressures and Related Thermal Data Between the Triple and Normal Boiling Temperatures for n-Alkanes C5--C20, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1994, 23, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555942 . [all data]

Hossenlopp and Scott, 1981
Hossenlopp, I.A.; Scott, D.W., Vapor heat capacities and enthalpies of vaporization of five alkane hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 415-421. [all data]

Majer, Svoboda, et al., 1979
Majer, Vladimír; Svoboda, Václav; Hála, Slavoj; Pick, Jirí, Temperature dependence of heats of vaporization of saturated hydrocarbons C5-C8; Experimental data and an estimation method, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1979, 44, 3, 637-651, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19790637 . [all data]

Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Wadso, 1966
Wadso, I., A heat of vaporization calorimeter for work at 25°C and for small amounts of substances, Acta Chem. Scand., 1966, 20, 536. [all data]

Wadso, 1960
Wadso, I., An adiabatic calorimeter for measuring heats of vaporisation at 25° C, Acta Chem. Scand., 1960, 14, 566-572. [all data]

Osborne and Ginnings, 1947
Osborne, Nathan S.; Ginnings, Defoe C., Measurements of heat of vaporization and heat capacity of a number of hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1947, 39, 5, 453-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.039.031 . [all data]

Osborne and Ginnings, 1947, 2
Osborne, N.S.; Ginnings, D.C., Measurements of heat of vaporization and heat capacity of a number of hydrocarbons, J. Res. NBS, 1947, 39, 453-477. [all data]

Fajans, 1920
Fajans, K., Die Energie der Atombindungen im Diamanten und in aliphatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen, Ber., 1920, 53, 643-665. [all data]


Notes

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