calcium oxide
- Formula: CaO
- Molecular weight: 56.077
- IUPAC Standard InChI:
- InChI=1S/Ca.O
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- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ODINCKMPIJJUCX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 1305-78-8
- Chemical structure:
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Gas phase thermochemistry data
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| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 fH°gas | 10.50 | kcal/mol | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| S°gas,1 bar | 52.512 | cal/mol*K | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)
Cp° = 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
Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
t = temperature (K) / 1000.
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| Temperature (K) | 4500. - 6000. |
|---|---|
| A | 85.57620 |
| B | -28.20000 |
| C | 3.986480 |
| D | -0.198946 |
| E | -147.0110 |
| F | -170.5960 |
| G | 41.22770 |
| H | 10.50000 |
| Reference | Chase, 1998 |
| Comment | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
Condensed phase thermochemistry data
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| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fH°liquid | -133.21 | kcal/mol | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| S°liquid,1 bar | 14.89 | cal/mol*K | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| fH°solid | -151.75 ± 0.22 | kcal/mol | Review | Cox, Wagman, et al., 1984 | CODATA Review value |
| fH°solid | -151.79 | kcal/mol | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| S°solid,1 bar | 9.11 ± 0.1 | cal/mol*K | Review | Cox, Wagman, et al., 1984 | CODATA Review value |
| Quantity | Value | Units | Method | Reference | Comment |
| S°solid | 9.128 | cal/mol*K | Review | Chase, 1998 | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)
Cp° = 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
Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
t = temperature (K) / 1000.
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| Temperature (K) | 3200. - 4500. |
|---|---|
| A | 15.00000 |
| B | 1.106521×10-7 |
| C | -2.610032×10-8 |
| D | 2.143000×10-9 |
| E | 1.554651×10-7 |
| F | -141.4450 |
| G | 27.93760 |
| H | -133.2060 |
| Reference | Chase, 1998 |
| Comment | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)
Cp° = 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
Cp = heat capacity (cal/mol*K)
H° = standard enthalpy (kcal/mol)
S° = standard entropy (cal/mol*K)
t = temperature (K) / 1000.
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| Temperature (K) | 298. - 3200. |
|---|---|
| A | 11.93930 |
| B | 1.168240 |
| C | -0.084144 |
| D | 0.011039 |
| E | -0.197203 |
| F | -156.0640 |
| G | 22.12260 |
| H | -151.7900 |
| Reference | Chase, 1998 |
| Comment | Data last reviewed in June, 1973 |
Constants of diatomic molecules
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Data compiled by: Klaus P. Huber and Gerhard H. Herzberg
Data collected through September, 1976
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| State | electronic state and / or symmetry symbol |
| Te | minimum electronic energy (cm-1) |
| ωe | vibrational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| ωexe | vibrational constant – second term (cm-1) |
| ωeye | vibrational constant – third term (cm-1) |
| Be | rotational constant in equilibrium position (cm-1) |
| αe | rotational constant – first term (cm-1) |
| γe | rotation-vibration interaction constant (cm-1) |
| De | centrifugal distortion constant (cm-1) |
| βe | rotational constant – first term, centrifugal force (cm-1) |
| re | internuclear distance (Å) |
| Trans. | observed transition(s) corresponding to electronic state |
| ν00 | position of 0-0 band (units noted in table) |
| State | Te |  e | exe | eye | Be |  e |  e | De |  e | re | Trans. |  00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progression of absorption bands (G ~ 850) in Kr and Xe matrices,
20000 - 26000 cm-1; observed for both Ca16O and Ca18O, but not definitely assigned. | ||||||||||||
| ↳Brewer and Wang, 1972 | ||||||||||||
(B  A') | ||||||||||||
| ↳Lejeune, 1945; Gaydon, 1955; missing citation; Volnyets, Kovalenok, et al., 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Orange system of strong emission bands, 15700 - 16700 cm-1; no analysis. | ||||||||||||
| ↳Lejeune, 1945; Gaydon, 1955; missing citation; missing citation | ||||||||||||
C 1 + | 28857.8 | 560.9 Z | 4.0 | 0.3731 1 | 0.0032 | (0.0000007) | 1.989 | C  x 2 R | 28772.4 Z | |||
| ↳missing citation; Veits and Gurvich, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| State | Te | e | exe | eye | Be | e | e | De | e | re | Trans. | 00 |
B 1 | 25991 | [574.4] Z | 0.3882 3 1 | 0.0055 | (0.0000007) | 1.950 | B X 4 R | 25913.0 Z | ||||
| ↳Lagerqvist, 1954; Veits and Gurvich, 1967 | ||||||||||||
| A 1+ | 11554.8 | 718.9 Z | 2.11 | 0.40592 5 | 0.00137 | 5.4 | 1.9067 | A X R | 11548.84 Z | |||
| ↳missing citation; missing citation; Brewer and Hauge, 1968; Field, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| A' 1 | 8433 | 545.7 H | 2.54 | 0.337 | 0.0021 | 2.093 | A' X 6 R | 8340 | ||||
| ↳missing citation | ||||||||||||
| a 3i | (8313) 7 | 556 | 3.3 | 0.335 | 2.099 | |||||||
| State | Te | e | exe | eye | Be | e | e | De | e | re | Trans. | 00 |
| X 1+ | 0 | 732.11 Z | 4.81 8 | 0.44452 | 6.58 9 | 1.8221 | 10 | |||||
Notes
| 1 | Perturbations. |
| 2 |  system of Lejeune and Rosen, 1945. |
| 3 | Value of BQ; BPR - BQ = +0.0005. |
| 4 |  system of Lejeune and Rosen, 1945. |
| 5 | Many rotational perturbations by A' 1 and a 3i Hultin and Lagerqvist, 1951, Field, 1974. |
| 6 | Directly observed for v' > 9 only;
vibrational numbering determined from the perturbations in A 1+ Field, 1974. |
| 7 | A = -58, from perturbations in A 1+
as are the other constants for this state; see Field, 1974. |
| 8 | The vibrational constants in the Table are derived from levels with v  4 Hultin and Lagerqvist, 1951, Lagerqvist, 1954.
From band heads in the A-X system (v" 13) and accounting for
head-origin separations, Brewer and Hauge, 1968 have derived e= 733.4 Brewer and Hauge, 1968, exe= 5.28 Brewer and Hauge, 1968. |
| 9 | missing note |
| 10 | The question whether this is the ground state was for long in
doubt but the observation by Ault and Andrews, 1975 of a fundamental frequency of 707 cm-1 in a nitrogen
matrix seems to settle it: see also Field, 1974 and the theoretical work of Carlson, Kaiser, et al., 1970.
For computed 1 ground state properties see Yoshimine, 1968. |
| 11 | From the Ca + ClO2 chemiluminescence spectrum Engelke, Sander, et al., 1976.
By contrast, the most recent mass-spectrometric Colin, Goldfinger, et al., 1964, Drowart, Exsteen, et al., 1964 and flame-photometric
Kalff and Alkemade, 1973 determinations - corrected, where necessary, for a 1 ground state - lead
to D00 = 4.04 eV Kalff and Alkemade, 1973. |
References
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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr.,
NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition,
J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]
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]
Brewer and Wang, 1972
Brewer, L.; Wang, J.L.-F.,
Ground state of gaseous CaO; a study of the matrix spectra of Ca and CaO,
J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 56, 4305. [all data]
Lejeune, 1945
Lejeune, J.-M.,
Application de la methode d'explosion de fils minces a l'etude du spectre de CaO,
Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liege, 1945, 14, 318. [all data]
Gaydon, 1955
Gaydon, A.G.,
Green and orange band spectra of CaOH, CaOD and calcium oxide,
Proc. R. Soc. London A, 1955, 231, 437. [all data]
Volnyets, Kovalenok, et al., 1974
Volnyets, G.A.; Kovalenok, G.V.; Sokolov, V.A.,
Rotational structure of the 5472-5463 Å band of calcium oxide,
Opt. Spectrosc. Engl. Transl., 1974, 36, 609, In original 1034. [all data]
Veits and Gurvich, 1967
Veits, I.V.; Gurvich, L.V.,
Investigation of the absorption spectra of molecules of difficulty volatile substances and radicals in shock waves,
Dokl. Chem. Engl. Transl., 1967, 173, 377, In original 1325. [all data]
Lagerqvist, 1954
Lagerqvist, A.,
Ultra-violet and blue bands of calcium oxide,
Ark. Fys., 1954, 8, 83. [all data]
Brewer and Hauge, 1968
Brewer, L.; Hauge, R.,
Near infrared bands of diatomic CaO and SrO,
J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1968, 25, 330. [all data]
Field, 1974
Field, R.W.,
Assignment of the lowest 3«PI» and 1«PI» states of CaO, SrO, and BaO,
J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 2400. [all data]
Lejeune and Rosen, 1945
Lejeune, J.-M.; Rosen, B.,
Contribution a l'etude du spectre de CaO,
Bull. Soc. R. Sci. Liege, 1945, 14, 322. [all data]
Hultin and Lagerqvist, 1951
Hultin, M.; Lagerqvist, A.,
An infra-red band-system of calcium oxide,
Ark. Fys., 1951, 2, 471. [all data]
Ault and Andrews, 1975
Ault, B.S.; Andrews, L.,
Nitrogen matrix reactions of alkaline earth metal atoms with ozone: infrared spectra of the alkaline earth metal oxide molecules,
J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 2320. [all data]
Carlson, Kaiser, et al., 1970
Carlson, K.D.; Kaiser, K.; Moser, C.; Wahl, A.C.,
Electronic structure and low-lying triplet states of CaO,
J. Chem. Phys., 1970, 52, 4678. [all data]
Yoshimine, 1968
Yoshimine, Y.,
Computed ground state properties of BeO, MgO, CaO, and SrO in molecular orbital approximation,
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., 1968, 25, 1100. [all data]
Engelke, Sander, et al., 1976
Engelke, F.; Sander, R.K.; Zare, R.N.,
Crossed-beam chemiluminescent studies of alkaline earth atoms with ClO2,
J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 65, 1146. [all data]
Colin, Goldfinger, et al., 1964
Colin, R.; Goldfinger, P.; Jeunehomme, M.,
Mass-spectrometric studies of vaporization of the sulphides of calcium, strontium and barium. The dissociation energy of S2 and SO,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1964, 60, 306. [all data]
Drowart, Exsteen, et al., 1964
Drowart, J.; Exsteen, G.; Verhaegen, G.,
Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of the molecules MgO, CaO, SrO and Sr2O,
J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., 1964, 60, 1920. [all data]
Kalff and Alkemade, 1973
Kalff, P.J.; Alkemade, C.T.J.,
Determination of dissociation energies for some alkaline earth (hydro-) oxides in CO/N2O flames,
J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 2572. [all data]
Notes
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