Octane, 3-methyl-

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil417. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus165.15KN/AWhite and Glasgow, 1937Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap44.9kJ/molN/AReid, 1972See also Labbauf, Greenshields, et al., 1961.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
16.99165.6Helgeson, Owens, et al., 1998AC

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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.

White and Glasgow, 1937
White, J.D.; Glasgow, A.R., Separation of the Three Methyl Octanes from Midcontinent Petroleum, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1937, 19, 423. [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]

Labbauf, Greenshields, et al., 1961
Labbauf, A.; Greenshields, J.B.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of formation, combustion, and vaporization of the 35 nonanes and 75 decanes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1961, 6, 261-263. [all data]

Helgeson, Owens, et al., 1998
Helgeson, Harold C.; Owens, Christine E.; Knox, Annette M.; Richard, Laurent, Calculation of the Standard Molal Thermodynamic Properties of Crystalline, Liquid, and Gas Organic Molecules at High Temperatures and Pressures, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1998, 62, 6, 985-1081, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00219-6 . [all data]


Notes

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