Tetradecane

• Formula: C₁₄H₃₀
• Molecular weight: 198.3880
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C14H30/c1-3-5-7-9-11-13-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-14H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BGHCVCJVXZWKCC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-59-4
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• Other names: n-Tetradecane
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

IR Spectrum

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• LIQUID (NEAT); PERKIN-ELMER 180 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION (10% CCl4 FOR 3800-1330, 10% CS2 FOR 1330-450 CM^-1); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH I) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Lee's RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of the paraffin hydrocarbons at 25° C, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 263-267. [all data]

Finke, Gross, et al., 1954
Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Waddington, G.; Huffman, H.M., Low-temperature thermal data for the nine normal paraffin hydrocarbons from octane to hexadecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 333-341. [all data]

Parks and Light, 1934
Parks, G.S.; Light, D.W., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIII. The heat capacities and entropies of n-tetradecane and the hydroxybenzoic acids. The relative free energies of some benzenoid position isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1511-1513. [all data]

Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991
Trejo, L.M.; Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Excess heat capacity of organic mixtures, Internat. DATA Series, Selected Data Mixt., 1991, Ser. [all data]

Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1989
Wilhelm, E.; Lainez, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Thermodynamics of (a halogenated ethane or ethene + an n-alkane). VE and CpE of mixtures containing either 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane or tetrachloroethene, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1989, 49, 233-250. [all data]

Costas, Huu, et al., 1988
Costas, M.; Huu, V.T.; Patterson, D.; Caceres-Alonso, M.; Tardajos, G.; Aicart, E., Liquid structure and second-order mixing functions for l-chloronaphthalene with linear and branched alkanes, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1988, 1 84(5), 1603-1616. [all data]

Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988
Perez-Casas, S.; Aicart, E.; Trojo, L.M.; Costas, M., Excess heat capacity. Chlorobenzene-2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, Int. Data Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, 1988, (2)A, 123. [all data]

Pintos, Bravo, et al., 1988
Pintos, M.; Bravo, R.; Baluja, M.C.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Can. J. Chem., 1988, 1179. [all data]

Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1987
Wilhelm, E.; Inglese, A.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess enthalpy, excess heat capacity and excess volume of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene +, and 1-methylnaphthalene + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1987, 34, 49-67. [all data]

Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1986
Wilhelm, E.; Lainez, A.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess-molar volumes and heat capacities of (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene + an n-alkane) and (1-chloronaphthalene + an n-alkane), Thermochim. Acta, 1986, 105, 101-110. [all data]

Baluja, Bravo, et al., 1985
Baluja, M.C.; Bravo, R.; Pintos, M.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Unusual dependence on concentration of the excess heat capacities of ester solutions in alkanes, Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1985, 16, 138-144. [all data]

Lainez, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Mixtures of alkanes with polar molecules showing integral rotation: an unusual composition dependence of CpE of 1,2-dichloroethane + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1985, 20, 47-56. [all data]

Lainez, Wilhelm, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Wilhelm, E.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess molar quantities of (a halogenated n-alkane + an n-alkane). A comparative study of mixtures containing either 1-chlorobutane or 1,4-dichlorobutane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1985, 17, 1153-1161. [all data]

Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984
Grigor'ev, B.A.; Andolenko, R.A., Investigation of the isobaric heat capacity of n-paraffinic hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Neft i Gaz, 1984, (2), 60-62. [all data]

Grolier and Benson, 1984
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Benson, G.C., Thermodynamic properties of binary mixtures containing ketones. VIII. Heat capacities and volumes of some n-alkanone + n-alkane mixtures at 298.15 K, Can. J. Chem., 1984, 62, 949-953. [all data]

Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1984
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar heat capacities of (1,4-dioxane + an n-alkane): an unusual composition dependence, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1984, 16, 67-71. [all data]

Roux, Grolier, et al., 1984
Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar enthalpies, excess molar heat capacities and excess molar volumes of (fluorobenzene + an n-alkane), Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 986-992. [all data]

Zaripov, 1982
Zaripov, Z.I., Experimental study of the isobaric heat capacity of liquid organic compounds with molecular weights of up to 4000 a.e.m., 1982, Teplomassoobmen Teplofiz. [all data]

Chen, Keeran, et al., 2002
Chen, P.H.; Keeran, W.S.; Van Ausdale, W.A.; Schindler, D.R.; Roberts, D.W., Application of Lee retention indices to the confirmation of tentatively identified compounds from GC/MS analysis of environmental samples, Technical paper, Analytical Services Division, Environmental ScienceEngineering, Inc, PO Box 1703, Gainesville, FL 32602, 2002, 11. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions

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