Perfluorooctane

• Formula: C₈F₁₈
• Molecular weight: 438.0569
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8F18/c9-1(10,3(13,14)5(17,18)7(21,22)23)2(11,12)4(15,16)6(19,20)8(24,25)26 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: YVBBRRALBYAZBM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 307-34-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Octadecafluorooctane; Perfluorooctanes; Octane, octadecafluoro-; n-Perfluorooctane
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

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]

Starkweather, 1986
Starkweather, H.W., Jr., Melting and crystalline transitions in normal perfluoroalkanes and poly(tetrafluoroethylene), Marcomolecules, 1986, 19, 4, 1131, https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00158a034 . [all data]

Ermakov and Skripov, 1967
Ermakov, G.V.; Skripov, V.P., Saturation Line, Critical Parameters, and Attainable Superheating of the Perfluoroparaffins, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1967, 41, 39-43. [all data]

Dias, Caço, et al., 2004
Dias, A.M.A.; Caço, A.I.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Santos, L.M.N.B.F.; Piñeiro, M.M.; Vega, L.F.; Gomes, M.F. Costa; Marrucho, I.M., Thermodynamic properties of perfluoro-n-octane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2004, 225, 39-47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2004.07.004 . [all data]

Varushchenko, Bulgakova, et al., 1981
Varushchenko, R.M.; Bulgakova, L.L.; Minzabekyants, P.S.; Makarov, K.N., Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1981, 55, 1480. [all data]

Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999
Dykyj, J.; Svoboda, J.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Frenkel, M.L.; Hall, K.R., Vapor Pressure of Chemicals: Part A. Vapor Pressure and Antoine Constants for Hydrocarbons and Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Hydrogen Containing Organic Compounds, Springer, Berlin, 1999, 373. [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]

Kreglewski, 1962
Kreglewski, A., Bull. Pol. Acad. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chem., 1962, 10, 629. [all data]

Dykyj and Vanko, 1970
Dykyj, J.; Vanko, A., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 1, 3. [all data]

Kreglewski, 1962, 2
Kreglewski, A., Vapour Pressures and Molar Volumes of Liquid Perfluoro-n-Octane Trifluoracetic Acid, and its Anhydride, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. Ser. Sci. Chim., 1962, 10, 11-12, 629-633. [all data]

Starkweather, 1986, 2
Starkweather, Howard W., Melting and crystalline transitions in normal perfluoroalkanes and poly(tetrafluoroethylene), Macromolecules, 1986, 19, 4, 1131-1134, https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00158a034 . [all data]

Campos-Vallette, Rey-Lafon, et al., 1982
Campos-Vallette, M.; Rey-Lafon, M.; Lagnier, R., Vibrational and calorimetric study of phase transitions in n-C₆F₁₄ and n-C₈F₁₈ crystals, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1982, 89, 189-192. [all data]

Müller, Dietrich, et al., 1983
Müller, U.; Dietrich, P.; Prescher, D., Gaschromatographische Untersuchungen an Perfluor-Carbonverbindungen. II. Zur Gaschromatographischen Trennung von Gemischen Längerkettiger Perfluoralkane und Perfluoralkene, J. Chromatogr., 1983, 259, 243-254, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)88005-5 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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