Octadecane

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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil589.3KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil581.KN/AMatsui and Arakawa, 1932Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Tboil581.65KN/AVon Braun and Sobecki, 1911Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.5 K; TRC
Tboil585.65KN/ASorabji, 1885Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus301.0 ± 0.7KAVGN/AAverage of 35 out of 37 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple301.KN/AMesserly, Guthrie, et al., 1967Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 K; TRC
Ttriple301.3KN/AParks, Moore, et al., 1949Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc747. ± 3.KN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Tc745.8KN/AAnselme, Gude, et al., 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3.4 K; TRC
Tc747.7KN/ARosenthal and Teja, 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tc747.2KN/ATeja, Lee, et al., 1989TRC
Tc756.15KN/AAmbrose, 1963Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.005 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc13. ± 2.atmN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Pc12.75atmN/ARosenthal and Teja, 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.09 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc1.189l/molN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc0.8 ± 0.2mol/lN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
ρc0.841mol/lN/AAnselme, Gude, et al., 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap21.9 ± 0.3kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub36.50kcal/molCMorawetz, 1972AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
17.8428.N/AMorgan and Kobayashi, 1994Based on data from 413. - 588. K.; AC
15.5516.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 501. - 548. K.; AC
20.1333.A,GSStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 318. - 361. K. See also Macknick and Prausnitz, 1979.; AC
19.1348.GSAllemand, Jose, et al., 1986Based on data from 335. - 439. K.; AC
17.3343.GCNováková and Novák, 1977AC
17.2353.GCNováková and Novák, 1977AC
17.0363.GCNováková and Novák, 1977AC
16.8373.GCNováková and Novák, 1977AC
16.7383.GCNováková and Novák, 1977AC
18.7460.MEUbbelohde, 1938Based on data from 447. - 474. K.; AC
16.6462.N/AKrafft, 1882Based on data from 447. - 590. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; 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
447.7 - 590.4.326382068.963-111.927Krafft, 1882Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
36.6 ± 1.2288.VBradley and Shellard, 1949hfusion=14.94±2.0 kcal/mol; ALS
37. ± 1.293.MEBradley and Shellard, 1949Based on data from 288. - 298. K. See also Jones, 1960 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
14.699301.5N/ABarbillon, Schuffenecker, et al., 1991DH
14.522301.0N/AKolesnikov and Syunyaev, 1985DH
14.748301.33N/AMesserly, Guthrie, et al., 1967, 2DH
14.4301.1DSCMondieig, Rajabalee, et al., 2004AC
14.7301.3N/ADomalski and Hearing, 1996AC
14.456301.3N/AParks, Moore, et al., 1949, 2DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
48.26301.0Kolesnikov and Syunyaev, 1985DH
48.90301.33Messerly, Guthrie, et al., 1967, 2DH
47.97301.3Parks, Moore, et al., 1949, 2DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
14.500300.7crystaline, IliquidClaudy and Letoffe, 1991DH
14.670301.35crystaline, IliquidSchaerer, Busso, et al., 1955DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
48.66301.35crystaline, IliquidSchaerer, Busso, et al., 1955DH

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Matsui and Arakawa, 1932
Matsui, M.; Arakawa, S., Mem. Coll. Sci., Univ. Kyoto, Ser. A, 1932, 15, 189. [all data]

Von Braun and Sobecki, 1911
Von Braun, J.; Sobecki, W., Chem. Ber., 1911, 44, 1470. [all data]

Sorabji, 1885
Sorabji, K.B.B., J. Chem. Soc., 1885, 47, 37-41. [all data]

Messerly, Guthrie, et al., 1967
Messerly, J.F.; Guthrie, G.B.; Todd, S.S.; Finke, H.L., Low-Temperature Thermal Data for n-Pentane, n-Heptadecane and n-Octadecane. Revised Thermodynamic Functions for ther n-Alkanes, C5 - C18, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1967, 12, 338-46. [all data]

Parks, Moore, et al., 1949
Parks, G.S.; Moore, G.E.; Renquist, M.L.; Naylor, B.F.; McClaine, L.A.; Fujii, P.S.; Hatton, J.A., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds. XXV. Some Heat Capacity, Entropy and Free Energy Data for Nine Hydrocarbons of High Molecular Weight, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 10, 3386, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01178a034 . [all data]

Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995
Ambrose, D.; Tsonopoulos, C., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 2. Normal Alkenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 531-546. [all data]

Anselme, Gude, et al., 1990
Anselme, M.J.; Gude, M.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Temperatures and Densities of the n-Alkanes from Pentane to Octadecane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1990, 57, 317-26. [all data]

Rosenthal and Teja, 1989
Rosenthal, D.J.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Properties of n-Alkanes Using a Low-Residence Time Flow Apparatus, AIChE J., 1989, 35, 1829. [all data]

Teja, Lee, et al., 1989
Teja, A.S.; Lee, R.J.; Rosenthal, D.J.; Anselme, M.J., Correlation of the Critical Properties of Alkanes and Alkanols in 5th IUPAC Conference on Alkanes and AlkanolsGradisca, 1989. [all data]

Ambrose, 1963
Ambrose, D., Critical Temperatures of Some Phenols and Other Organic Compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 1988. [all data]

Morawetz, 1972
Morawetz, Ernst, Correlation of sublimation enthalpies at 298.15 K with molecular structure for planar aromatic hydrocarbons, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 3, 461-467, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90030-4 . [all data]

Morgan and Kobayashi, 1994
Morgan, David L.; Kobayashi, Riki, Direct vapor pressure measurements of ten n-alkanes m the 10-C28 range, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1994, 97, 211-242, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812(94)85017-8 . [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]

Macknick and Prausnitz, 1979
Macknick, A. Brian; Prausnitz, John M., Vapor pressures of high-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1979, 24, 3, 175-178, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60082a012 . [all data]

Allemand, Jose, et al., 1986
Allemand, Nadine; Jose, Jacques; Merlin, J.C., Mesure des pressions de vapeur d'hydrocarbures C10 A C18n-alcanes etn-alkylbenzenes dans le domaine 3-1000 pascal, Thermochimica Acta, 1986, 105, 79-90, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(86)85225-X . [all data]

Nováková and Novák, 1977
Nováková, N.; Novák, J., Measurement of heats of vaporization by means of a gas chromatograph, Journal of Chromatography A, 1977, 135, 1, 13-24, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)86297-4 . [all data]

Ubbelohde, 1938
Ubbelohde, A.R., Structure and thermodynamic properties of long-chain compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1938, 34, 282, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9383400282 . [all data]

Krafft, 1882
Krafft, F., Ueber neunzehn höhere Normalparaffine Cn H2n + 2 und ein einfaches Volumgesetz für den tropfbar flüssigen Zustand. I, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 2, 1687-1711, https://doi.org/10.1002/cber.18820150258 . [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Bradley and Shellard, 1949
Bradley, R.S.; Shellard, A.D., The rate of evaporation of droplets. III. Vapour pressures and rates of evaporation of straight-chain paraffin hydrocarbons, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1949, 198, 239-251. [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Barbillon, Schuffenecker, et al., 1991
Barbillon, P.; Schuffenecker, L.; Dellacherie, J.; Balesdent, D.; Dirande, M., Variation d'enthalpie subie de 260 K a 340 K par les n-paraffines, comprises entrel'octadecane et l'hexacosane, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1991, 88, 91-113. [all data]

Kolesnikov and Syunyaev, 1985
Kolesnikov, S.I.; Syunyaev, Z.I., Phase transitions in the melting and crystallization of n-C18H38 and n-C20H42, Zhur. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1985, 58(10), 2267-2271. [all data]

Messerly, Guthrie, et al., 1967, 2
Messerly, J.F.; Guthrie, G.B.; Todd, S.S.; Finke, H.L., Low-temperature thermal data for n-pentane, n-heptadecane, and n-octadecane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1967, 12, 338-346. [all data]

Mondieig, Rajabalee, et al., 2004
Mondieig, D.; Rajabalee, F.; Metivaud, V.; Oonk, H.A.J.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A., n -Alkane Binary Molecular Alloys, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 5, 786-798, https://doi.org/10.1021/cm031169p . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Parks, Moore, et al., 1949, 2
Parks, G.S.; Moore, G.E.; Renquist, M.L.; Naylor, B.F.; McClaine, L.A.; Fujii, P.S.; Hatton, J.A., Thermal data on organic compounds. XXV. Some heat capacity, entropy and free energy data for nine hydrocarbons of high molecular weight, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1949, 71, 3386-3389. [all data]

Claudy and Letoffe, 1991
Claudy, P.; Letoffe, J.M., Phase transitions in even n-alkanes CnH2n+2, n = 16-28. Characterization by differential calorimetric analysis and by thermooptical analysis. Effect of deuteration, Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1991, 22, 281-290. [all data]

Schaerer, Busso, et al., 1955
Schaerer, A.A.; Busso, C.J.; Smith, A.E.; Skinner, L.B., Properties of pure normal alkanes in the C17 to C36 range, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 2017-2019. [all data]


Notes

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