Ethanol
- Formula: C2H6O
- Molecular weight: 46.0684
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 64-17-5
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Ethyl alcohol; Alcohol; Alcohol anhydrous; Algrain; Anhydrol; Denatured ethanol; Ethyl hydrate; Ethyl hydroxide; Jaysol; Jaysol S; Methylcarbinol; SD Alchol 23-hydrogen; Tecsol; C2H5OH; Absolute ethanol; Cologne spirit; Fermentation alcohol; Grain alcohol; Molasses alcohol; Potato alcohol; Aethanol; Aethylalkohol; Alcohol, dehydrated; Alcool ethylique; Alcool etilico; Alkohol; Cologne spirits; Denatured alcohol CD-10; Denatured alcohol CD-5; Denatured alcohol CD-5a; Denatured alcohol SD-1; Denatured alcohol SD-13a; Denatured alcohol SD-17; Denatured alcohol SD-23a; Denatured alcohol SD-28; Denatured alcohol SD-3a; Denatured alcohol SD-30; Denatured alcohol SD-39b; Denatured alcohol SD-39c; Denatured alcohol SD-40m; Etanolo; Ethanol 200 proof; Ethyl alc; Etylowy alkohol; EtOH; NCI-C03134; Spirits of wine; Spirt; Alkoholu etylowego; Ethyl alcohol anhydrous; SD alcohol 23-hydrogen; UN 1170; Tecsol C; Alcare Hand Degermer; Absolute alcohol; Denatured alcohol; Ethanol, silent spirit; Ethylol; Punctilious ethyl alcohol; SD 3A
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Critical temperature
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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:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
Tc (K) | Reference | Comment |
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514.0 ± 0.2 | Gude and Teja, 1995 | |
515.0 | Lydersen and Tsochev, 1990 | TRC |
514.1 | Rosenthal and Teja, 1990 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
514.1 | Rosenthal and Teja, 1989 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC |
514.1 | Teja, Lee, et al., 1989 | TRC |
516.15 | Mousa, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Young, 1986 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Young, 1986, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Young, 1986, 3 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Young, 1986, 4 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Young, 1986, 5 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
513.9 | Majer and Svoboda, 1985 | |
513.91 | Wilson, Lindley, et al., 1984 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC |
516. | Hentze, 1977 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 8. K; TRC |
513.88 | Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1974 | TRC |
516.2 | Marshall and Jones, 1974 | TRC |
518.9 | Raetzsch and Strauch, 1972 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.7 K; TRC |
516. | Efremov, 1966 | TRC |
514.00 | Skaates and Kay, 1964 | TRC |
516.48 | McCracken, Storvick, et al., 1960 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.77 K; TRC |
514.2 | Mocharnyuk, 1960 | TRC |
516.7 | Nozdrev, 1956 | TRC |
516.2 | Golik, Ravikovich, et al., 1955 | TRC |
514.9 | Fischer and Reichel, 1943 | TRC |
516.2 | Griswold, Haney, et al., 1943 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC |
523. | Prideaux, 1910 | TRC |
516.3 | Young, 1910 | TRC |
518.6 | Crismer, 1904 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 5. K; TRC |
514. | Battelli, 1893 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
507.5 | Schmidt, 1891 | TRC |
516.8 | Ramsay and Young, 1886 | TRC |
508.6 | Hannay, 1882 | TRC |
513.8 | Strauss, 1882 | TRC |
506.9 | Schuck, 1881 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 8. K; TRC |
507.8 | Hannay and Hogarth, 1880 | TRC |
507.5 | Hannay, 1880 | TRC |
507.5 | Sajots, 1879 | TRC |
531.9 | De la Tour, 1822 | TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
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.
Gude and Teja, 1995
Gude, M.; Teja, A.S.,
Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 4. Aliphatic Alkanols,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 1025-1036. [all data]
Lydersen and Tsochev, 1990
Lydersen, A.L.; Tsochev, V.,
Critical temperatures and pressures and high temperature vapour pressures of seven alcohols,
Chem. Eng. Technol., 1990, 13, 125-30. [all data]
Rosenthal and Teja, 1990
Rosenthal, D.J.; Teja, A.S.,
The Critical Pressures and temperatures of Isomeric Alkanols,
Ind. Eng. Chem. to be published 1990 1990, 1990. [all data]
Rosenthal and Teja, 1989
Rosenthal, D.J.; Teja, A.S.,
Critical pressures and temperatures of isomeric alkanols,
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 1989, 28, 1693. [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]
Mousa, 1987
Mousa, A.H.N.,
Critical properties, heat of vaporization and vapour pressure of ethanol from 20 kpa to the critical point,
J. Chem. Eng. Jpn., 1987, 20, 635. [all data]
Young, 1986
Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1986, No. 4, 245. [all data]
Young, 1986, 2
Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1986, No. 4, 246. [all data]
Young, 1986, 3
Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1986, No. 4, 247. [all data]
Young, 1986, 4
Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1986, No. 4, 248. [all data]
Young, 1986, 5
Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1986, No. 4, 249. [all data]
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]
Wilson, Lindley, et al., 1984
Wilson, K.S.; Lindley, D.D.; Kay, W.B.; Hershey, H.C.,
Virial Coefficients of Ethanol from 373.07 to 473.15 K,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 243-5. [all data]
Hentze, 1977
Hentze, G.,
Critical temperature measurement of liquids by means of differential thermal analysis,
Thermochim. Acta, 1977, 20, 27-30. [all data]
Ambrose, Broderick, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Broderick, B.E.; Townsend, R.,
The Critical Temperatures and Pressures of Thirty Organic Compounds,
J. Appl. Chem. Biotechnol., 1974, 24, 359. [all data]
Marshall and Jones, 1974
Marshall, W.L.; Jones, E.V.,
Liquid-Vapor Critical Temperatures of Several Aqueous-Organic and Organic- Organic Solution Systems,
J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1974, 36, 2319-23. [all data]
Raetzsch and Strauch, 1972
Raetzsch, M.T.; Strauch, G.,
Gas-Liquid Critical Temperatures of Binary Mixtures,
Z. Phys. Chem. (Leipzig), 1972, 249, 243-252. [all data]
Efremov, 1966
Efremov, Yu.V.,
Density, Surface Tension, Saturated Vapor Pressurs and Critical Parameters of Alcohols,
Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1966, 40, 1240. [all data]
Skaates and Kay, 1964
Skaates, J.M.; Kay, W.B.,
The Phase Relations of Binary Systems that Form Azeotropes: N-Alkyl Alcohol-Benzene Systems: Methanol Through N-Butanol,
Chem. Eng. Sci., 1964, 19, 431-44. [all data]
McCracken, Storvick, et al., 1960
McCracken, P.G.; Storvick, T.S.; Smith, J.M.,
Phase Behavior from Enthalpy Measurements. Oentane-Ethyl Alcohol and n-Pentane-Ethyl Alcohol Systems,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 130-2. [all data]
Mocharnyuk, 1960
Mocharnyuk, R.F.,
Physicochemical investigation of solutions of certain monoatomic alcohols in acetone,
Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1960, 30, 1098-102. [all data]
Nozdrev, 1956
Nozdrev, V.F.,
The problem of applying ultrasonic methods in the investigation of organic substances in the critical region,
Akust. Zh., 1956, 2, 209-14. [all data]
Golik, Ravikovich, et al., 1955
Golik, A.Z.; Ravikovich, S.D.; Orishchenko, A.V.,
Viscosity and Molecular Struct. of Normal Alcohols and Their Solutions,
Ukr. Khim. Zh. (Russ. Ed.), 1955, 21, 167. [all data]
Fischer and Reichel, 1943
Fischer, R.; Reichel, T.,
Determination of the Critical Temperature BY Means of the Micro Melting-Point Apparatus,
Mikrochem. Ver. Mikrochim. Acta, 1943, 31, 102. [all data]
Griswold, Haney, et al., 1943
Griswold, J.; Haney, J.D.; Klein, V.A.,
Ethanol-Water System. Vapor-Liquid Properties at High Pressures,
Ind. Eng. Chem., 1943, 35, 701. [all data]
Prideaux, 1910
Prideaux, E.B.R.,
Relations between critical temperature, boiling point, and expansion coefficient of phosphorus pentachloride,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1910, 6, 155-9. [all data]
Young, 1910
Young, S.,
The Internal Heat of Vaporization constants of thirty pure substances,
Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1910, 12, 374. [all data]
Crismer, 1904
Crismer, L.,
I critical solution temperatures their application to the preparation of pure methyl, ethyl, and propyl alcohols and anhydrides II variations in the critical solution temperature in the normal alcoho,
Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1904, 18, 18-55. [all data]
Battelli, 1893
Battelli, A.,
Mem. Torino, Ser. 2, 1893, 44, 57. [all data]
Schmidt, 1891
Schmidt, G.C.,
Vapor Pressures of Homologous Compounds homologous series of fatty alcohols,
Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1891, 8, 628-46. [all data]
Ramsay and Young, 1886
Ramsay, W.; Young, S.,
On Evaporation and Dissociation. II. A Study of the Thermal Properties of Alcohol.,
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, 1886, 177, 123-56. [all data]
Hannay, 1882
Hannay, J.B.,
On the limit of the liquid state,
Proc. R. Soc. London, 1882, 33, 294. [all data]
Strauss, 1882
Strauss, O.,
Beibl. Ann. Phys., 1882, 6, 282. [all data]
Schuck, 1881
Schuck, E.,
Zh. Russ. Fiz.-Khim. Ova., 1881, 13, 239-41. [all data]
Hannay and Hogarth, 1880
Hannay, J.B.; Hogarth, J.,
On the solubility oj solids in gases,
Proc. R. Soc. London, 1880, 30, 178. [all data]
Hannay, 1880
Hannay, J.B.,
On the solubility of solids in gases. II,
Proc. R. Soc. London, 1880, 30, 484-9. [all data]
Sajots, 1879
Sajots, W.,
Vapor Pressures of Saturated Vapors at High Temperatures.,
Beibl. Ann. Phys., 1879, 3, 741-3. [all data]
De la Tour, 1822
De la Tour, C.,
Ann. Chim. Phys., 1822, 21, 127-32. [all data]
Notes
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