Heneicosane

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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

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
159.3315.93Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984T = 316 to 433 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 2.247 kJ/kg*K.

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
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil629.7KN/AWeast and Grasselli, 1989BS
Tboil635.1KN/AIvanov, Ivanov, et al., 1954Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus313.4 ± 0.7KAVGN/AAverage of 16 out of 17 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc778. ± 8.KN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Tc777.6KN/ANikitin, Pavlov, et al., 1994Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc10. ± 2.atmN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Pc10.17atmN/ANikitin, Pavlov, et al., 1994Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.39 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap25.53kcal/molCGCChickos and Hanshaw, 2004Based on data from 434. to 539. K.; AC
Δvap26.15 ± 0.62kcal/molCGCChickos and Wilson, 1997AC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub33.9 ± 2.4kcal/molBPiacente, Pompili, et al., 1991AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (atm) Reference Comment
373.20.003Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
22.4368.N/ASawaya, Mokbel, et al., 2006Based on data from 351. to 462. K.; AC
26.3 ± 0.5382.TEPiacente, Fontana, et al., 1994Based on data from 365. to 400. K.; AC
20.2367.TE,ME,GSPiacente, Pompili, et al., 1991Based on data from 352. to 478. K.; AC
21.1437.A,ESTStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 422. to 630. K. See also Kudchadker and Zwolinski, 1966.; 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
425.8 to 623.75.915023571.218-19.953Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.1313.DSCMondieig, Rajabalee, et al., 2004AC
11.4313.7N/ADomalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
12.11305.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996CAL
36.343313.7

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References

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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]

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]

Ivanov, Ivanov, et al., 1954
Ivanov, D.; Ivanov, Ch.; Stoianova-Ivanova, B., Composistion of Stearoptene from Bulgarian Rose Oil. II. Saturated Hydrocarbons Other Than Eicosane, Dokl. Bolg. Akad. Nauk, 1954, 7, 17-20. [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]

Nikitin, Pavlov, et al., 1994
Nikitin, E.D.; Pavlov, P.A.; Bessonova, N.V., Critical constants of n-alkanes with from 17 to 24 carbon atoms, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1994, 26, 177-82. [all data]

Chickos and Hanshaw, 2004
Chickos, James S.; Hanshaw, William, Vapor Pressures and Vaporization Enthalpies of the n -Alkanes from C 21 to C 30 at T = 298.15 K by Correlation Gas Chromatography, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 1, 77-85, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0301747 . [all data]

Chickos and Wilson, 1997
Chickos, James S.; Wilson, Joe A., Vaporization Enthalpies at 298.15 K of the n -Alkanes from C 21 to C 28 and C 30, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1, 190-197, https://doi.org/10.1021/je960089h . [all data]

Piacente, Pompili, et al., 1991
Piacente, Vincenzo; Pompili, Tiziano; Scardala, Paolo; Ferro, Daniela, Temperature dependence of the vaporization enthalpies of n-alkanes from vapour-pressure measurements, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1991, 23, 4, 379-396, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9614(05)80092-8 . [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Sawaya, Mokbel, et al., 2006
Sawaya, Terufat; Mokbel, Ilham; Ainous, Nédal; Rauzy, Evelyne; Berro, Charles; Jose, Jacques, Experimental Vapor Pressures of Six n -Alkanes (C 21 , C 23 , C 25 , C 27 , C 29 , C 30 ) in the Temperature Range between 350 K and 460 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 3, 854-858, https://doi.org/10.1021/je050182i . [all data]

Piacente, Fontana, et al., 1994
Piacente, Vincenzo; Fontana, Danilo; Scardala, Paolo, Enthalpies of Vaporization of a Homologous Series of n-Alkanes Determined from Vapor Pressure Measurements, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 2, 231-237, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00014a009 . [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]

Kudchadker and Zwolinski, 1966
Kudchadker, A.P.; Zwolinski, B.J., Vapor Pressure and Boiling Points of Normal Alkanes, C 21 to C 100 ., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1966, 11, 2, 253-255, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60029a039 . [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]

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]


Notes

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