Sodium hydroxide

• Formula: HNaO
• Molecular weight: 39.9971
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Na.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1310-73-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Sodium hydroxide
• Information on this page:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
  • Notes
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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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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Liquid 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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Solid 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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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

2 +  =  +  + 

By formula: 2HNaO + C₂H₃FO = C₂H₃NaO₂ + FNa + H₂O

2 +  =  + 2 + 2

By formula: 2HNaO + C₂H₆O₄ = H₂ + 2CHNaO₂ + 2H₂O

 +  =

By formula: HNaO + C₂H₂O = C₂H₃NaO₂

C₂Na₂ (cr) + 2 (l) = 2( • 1418) (solution) +  (g)

By formula: C₂Na₂ (cr) + 2H₂O (l) = 2(HNaO • 1418H₂O) (solution) + C₂H₂ (g)

C₂HNa (cr) +  (l) = ( • 1418) (solution) +  (g)

By formula: C₂HNa (cr) + H₂O (l) = (HNaO • 1418H₂O) (solution) + C₂H₂ (g)

3 +  = CNa₂O₃ +  +  + 

By formula: 3HNaO + C₃H₅ClO₂ = CNa₂O₃ + C₂H₆O + ClNa + H₂O

2 +  =  +  + CNO.Na

By formula: 2HNaO + CBrN = BrNa + H₂O + CNO.Na

2 +  =  +  + CNO.Na

By formula: 2HNaO + CIN = INa + H₂O + CNO.Na

2 +  =  +  + CNO.Na

By formula: 2HNaO + CClN = ClNa + H₂O + CNO.Na

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂HBr₃O + HNaO = CHNaO₂ + CHBr₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: HNaO + C₂HCl₃O = CHNaO₂ + CHCl₃

 +  =  + 

By formula: HNaO + C₂H₅NO = C₂H₃NaO₂ + H₃N

C₆H₅NaO (cr) +  (l) =  (cr) +  (cr)

By formula: C₆H₅NaO (cr) + H₂O (l) = C₆H₆O (cr) + HNaO (cr)

C₂H₅NaO (cr) +  (l) =  (cr) +  (l)

By formula: C₂H₅NaO (cr) + H₂O (l) = HNaO (cr) + C₂H₆O (l)

 (cr) +  (l) =  (cr) +  (l)

By formula: CH₃NaO (cr) + H₂O (l) = HNaO (cr) + CH₄O (l)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated by: Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

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]

Pritchard and Skinner, 1950
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Carson and Skinner, 1949
Carson, A.S.; Skinner, H.A., 201. Carbon-halogen bond energies in the acetyl halides, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 936-939. [all data]

Jenkins and Style, 1953
Jenkins, A.D.; Style, D.W.G., The thermochemistry and pyrolysis of bishydroxymethyl, J. Chem. Soc., 1953, 2337-23. [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]

Nuttall, Laufer, et al., 1971
Nuttall, R.L.; Laufer, A.H.; Kilday, M.V., The enthalpy of formation of ketene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1971, 3, 167-174. [all data]

Rice and Greenberg, 1934
Rice, F.O.; Greenberg, J., Ketene. III. Heat of formation and heat of reaction with alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 38, 2268-2270. [all data]

Johnson, van Deventer, et al., 1973
Johnson, G.K.; van Deventer, E.H.; Ackerman, J.P.; Hubbard, W.N.; Osborne, D.W.; Flotow, H.L., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1973, 5, 57. [all data]

Pedley and Rylance, 1977
Pedley, J.B.; Rylance, J., Computer Analysed Thermochemical Data: Organic and Organometallic Compounds, University of Sussex, Brigton, 1977. [all data]

Davies, Finch, et al., 1980
Davies, R.H.; Finch, A.; Gardner, P.J., The standard enthalpy of formation of liquid and gaseous ethylchloroformate (C₃H₅O₂Cl), J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 291-296. [all data]

Lord and Woolf, 1954
Lord, G.; Woolf, A.A., The cyanogen halides. Part III. Their heats of formation and free energies, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2546-2551. [all data]

Pritchard and Skinner, 1950, 2
Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., The heats of hydrolysis of chloral and bromal, and the C-C bond dissociation energies in chloral and bromal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 1928-1931. [all data]

Calvet, 1933
Calvet, E., Mesures thermochimiques directes en chimie organique vitesses et chaleurs de saponification des amides. II.-Mesures effectuees et resultats obtenus, J. Chim. Phys., 1933, 30, 140-146. [all data]

Leal, Pires de Matos, et al., 1991
Leal, J.P.; Pires de Matos, A.; Martinho Simões, J.A., J. Organometal. Chem., 1991, 403, 1. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°solid	Entropy of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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