Hexadecane

• Formula: C₁₆H₃₄
• Molecular weight: 226.4412
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C16H34/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-16H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DCAYPVUWAIABOU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 544-76-3
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• Other names: n-Cetane; n-Hexadecane; Cetane
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Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

References

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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]

Nichols, Orf, et al., 2000
Nichols, Gary; Orf, Jennifer; Reiter, Sarah M.; Chickos, James; Gokel, George W., The vaporization enthalpies of some crown and polyethers by correlation gas chromatography, Thermochimica Acta, 2000, 346, 1-2, 15-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(99)00405-0 . [all data]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995
Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G., Determination of vaporization enthalpies of simple organic molecules by correlations of changes in gas chromatographic net retention times, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 249, 41-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)90670-3 . [all data]

Ruzicka and Majer, 1994
Ruzicka, Kvetoslav; Majer, Vladimir, Simultaneous Treatment of Vapor Pressures and Related Thermal Data Between the Triple and Normal Boiling Temperatures for n-Alkanes C5--C20, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1994, 23, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555942 . [all data]

Morawetz, 1972
Morawetz, E., Enthalpies of vaporization of n-alkanes from C₁₂ to C₂₀, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 139-144. [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]

Parks and Moore, 1949
Parks, G.S.; Moore, G.E., Vapor pressure and other thermodynamic dta for n-hexadecane and n-dodecylcyclohexane near room temperature, J. Chem. Phys., 1949, 17, 1151-11. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔvapH°

  Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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