Nitroglycerin

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-279.1 ± 2.7kJ/molCcbMiroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988see Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid-370. ± 2.kJ/molEqkKazakov, Kirpichev, et al., 1990Heat of nitration
Δfliquid-371.1 ± 1.7kJ/molCcbMiroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988see Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985
Δfliquid-375.kJ/molCcbHandrick, 1956Naval Powder Factory, 1951
Δfliquid-372. ± 4.kJ/molCcbTaylor and Hall, 1947Heat of combustion corrected for pressure
Δfliquid-353.9kJ/molCcbRinkenbach, 1926Author's h288_condensed=-81.70 kcal/mol
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1529. ± 10.kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points

Phase change data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap92.0 ± 2.1kJ/molCMiroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988see Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985; ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
104.5308.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 293. to 373. K.; AC
58.6415.N/AStull, 1947Based on data from 400. to 524. K.; AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
400. to 524.4.075882508.448-39.235Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
21.87285.5Acree, 1991AC

References

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Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1988
Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Korchatova, L.I.; Shelaputina, V.P.; Zyuz'kevich, S.A.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of glyceryl trinitrate, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1988, 1778-1781. [all data]

Miroshnichenko, Korchatova, et al., 1985
Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Korchatova, L.I.; Shelaputina, V.P.; Zyuzkevich, S.A.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of glyceryl trinitrate, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1985, 1778-1781. [all data]

Kazakov, Kirpichev, et al., 1990
Kazakov, A.I.; Kirpichev, E.P.; Lagodzinskaya, G.V.; Andrienko, L.P.; Yunda, N.G.; Korolev, A.M.; Rubstov, Yu.I.; Manelis, G.B.; Eremenko, L.T., Study of nitration equilibrium in the glycerin-aqueous nitric acid system. 2. Changes in ΔH and ΔS in the nitration reaction, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1990, 1565-1570. [all data]

Handrick, 1956
Handrick, G.R., Report of the study of pure explosive compounds. Part IV. Calculation of heat of combustion of organic compounds from structural features and calculation of power of high explosives, Rpt. C-58247 for the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, contract DA-19-020-ORD-47 by the Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, 1956, 467-573. [all data]

Taylor and Hall, 1947
Taylor, J.; Hall, C.R.L., Determination of the heat of combustion of nitroglycerin and the thermochemical constants of nitrocellulose, J. Phys. Chem., 1947, 51, 593-611. [all data]

Rinkenbach, 1926
Rinkenbach, W.H., The properties of glycol dinitrate, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1926, 18, 1195-1197. [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]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [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]


Notes

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