Ethane, 1,1,1-trifluoro-

• Formula: C₂H₃F₃
• Molecular weight: 84.0404
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3F3/c1-2(3,4)5/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UJPMYEOUBPIPHQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 420-46-2
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• Other names: Methylfluoroform; 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane; CH3CF3; Freon 143a; FC 143a; Fluorocarbon FC143a; R 143a; 1,1,1-Trifluoroform
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Entropy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₃F₃ + I₂ = HI + C₂H₂F₃I

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Wu and Rodgers, 1974
Wu, E.; Rodgers, A.S., Thermochemistry of gas-phase equilibrium CF₃CH₃ + I₂ = CF₃CH₂I + HI. The carbon-hydrogen bond dissociation energy in 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and the heat of formation of the 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl radical, J. Phys. Chem., 1974, 78, 2315-2317. [all data]

Kolesov and Papina, 1983
Kolesov, V.P.; Papina, T.S., Thermochemistry of Haloethanes, Russ. Chem. Rev., 1983, 52, 425. [all data]

Kolesov, Martynov, et al., 1965
Kolesov, V.P.; Martynov, A.M.; Skuratov, S.M., Standard enthalpy of formation of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1965, 39, 223-225. [all data]

Russell, Golding, et al., 1944
Russell, H., Jr.; Golding, D.R.V.; Yost, D.M., The heat capacity, heats of transition, fusion and vaporization, vapor pressure and entropy of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 16-20. [all data]

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

Henne and Renoll, 1936
Henne, A.L.; Renoll, M.W., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 889. [all data]

Russell, Golding, et al., 1944, 2
Russell, H.K.; Golding, D.R.; Yost, D.M., The heat capacity, heat of transition, fusion & vaporization, Vapor press. and entropy of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 16. [all data]

Fujiwara, Nakamura, et al., 1998
Fujiwara, K.; Nakamura, S.; Noguchi, M., Critical Parameters and Vapor Pressure Measurements for 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane (R-143a), J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 55-9. [all data]

Aoyama, Kishizawa, et al., 1996
Aoyama, H.; Kishizawa, G.; Sato, H.; Watanabe, K., Vapor-Liquid Coexistence Curves in the Critical Region and the Critical Temperatures and Densities of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a), 1,1,1- Trifluoroethane (R-143a), and 1,1,1,2,3,3- Hexafluorop, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1046-1051. [all data]

Fukushima, 1993
Fukushima, M., Measurements of vapor pressure , vapor-liquid coexistence curve and critical parameters of HFC-143a, Nippon Reito Kyokai Ronbunshu, 1993, 10, 87-93. [all data]

Mears, Stahl, et al., 1955
Mears, W.H.; Stahl, R.F.; Orfeo, S.R.; Shair, R.C.; Kells, L.F.; Thompson, W.; McCann, H., Thermodynamic Properties of Halogenated Ethanes and Ethylenes, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 47, 1449. [all data]

Zhang, Sato, et al., 1995
Zhang, H.-L.; Sato, H.; Watanabe, K., Vapor Pressures, Gas-Phase PVT Properties, and Second Virial Coefficients for 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 887-90. [all data]

Weber and Defibaugh, 1996
Weber, L.A.; Defibaugh, D.R., Vapor Pressures and PVT Properties of the Gas Phase of 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 6, 1477-1480, https://doi.org/10.1021/je9602071 . [all data]

Mears, Stahl, et al., 1955, 2
Mears, Whitney H.; Stahl, Richard F.; Orfeo, S. Robert; Shair, Robert C.; Kells, Lyman F.; Thompson, Walter; McCann, Harold, Thermodynamic Properties of Halogenated Ethanes and Ethylenes, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 47, 7, 1449-1454, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50547a052 . [all data]

Acree, 1991
Acree, William E., Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds: enthalpy of fusion and melting point temperature compilation, Thermochimica Acta, 1991, 189, 1, 37-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(91)87098-H . [all data]

Simmie and Tschuikow-Roux, 1971
Simmie, J.M.; Tschuikow-Roux, E., Mass spectrum, appearance potentials and bond dissociation energies of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1971, 7, 41. [all data]

Sauvageau, Doucet, et al., 1974
Sauvageau, P.; Doucet, J.; Gilbert, R.; Sandorfy, C., Vacuum ultraviolet and photoelectron spectra of fluoroethanes, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 61, 391. [all data]

Gol'denfel'd, Korostyshevskii, et al., 1973
Gol'denfel'd, I.V.; Korostyshevskii, I.Z.; Mischanchuk, B.G.; Pokrovskii, V.A., Determination of ionization potentials of atoms and molecules using a field mass spectrometer equipped with an energy analyzer, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1973, 213, 626. [all data]

Loguinov, Takhistov, et al., 1981
Loguinov, Y.; Takhistov, V.V.; Vatlina, L.P., Photoionization studies of substituted trimethylamines, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1981, 16, 239. [all data]

Steele and Stone, 1962
Steele, W.C.; Stone, F.G.A., An electron impact study of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, 1,1,1-trifluoropropane and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1962, 84, 3450. [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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