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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil377.2KN/AAldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS
Tboil372. - 373.KN/APCR Inc., 1990BS
Tboil379.KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus254.20KN/AStarkweather, 1986Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc502.3KN/AErmakov and Skripov, 1967Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap9.837kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap9.54kcal/molN/ADias, Caço, et al., 2004Based on data from 289. - 333. K.; AC
Δvap9.8 ± 0.2kcal/molEBVarushchenko, Bulgakova, et al., 1981Based on data from 309. - 378. K.; AC
Δvap9.82 ± 0.02kcal/molCVarushchenko, Bulgakova, et al., 1981AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
7.978379.N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
7.6452.N/ADykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999Based on data from 437. - 503. K.; AC
9.44325.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 310. - 379. K. See also Kreglewski, 1962 and Dykyj and Vanko, 1970.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
310.47 - 378.912.974631200.037-77.078Kreglewski, 1962, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.29254.2Starkweather, 1986, 2AC

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
1.726190. - 200.crystaline, IIcrystaline, ICampos-Vallette, Rey-Lafon, et al., 1982DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
8.590190. - 200.crystaline, II, Data given for two solidcrystaline, I, solid transitions at 190 and 200 KCampos-Vallette, Rey-Lafon, et al., 1982DH

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Column type Active phase Temperature (C) I Reference Comment
PackedSqualane50.341.Müller, Dietrich, et al., 1983 

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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