Acetone

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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
Tboil329.3 ± 0.3KAVGN/AAverage of 117 out of 129 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus178.7 ± 0.9KAVGN/AAverage of 11 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple178.5KN/AWilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Ttriple176.6KN/AKelley, 1929Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; deduced from appearance of a small maximum in heat capacity; TRC
Ttriple177.6KN/AParks and Kelley, 1928Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Ttriple177.6KN/AParks and Kelley, 1925Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc508. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 19 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc48. ± 4.barAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc4.63mol/lN/ACampbell and Chatterjee, 1969Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 mol/l; TRC
ρc4.03mol/lN/ACampbell and Chatterjee, 1968Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.026 mol/l; TRC
ρc4.79mol/lN/AKobe, Crawford, et al., 1955Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.17 mol/l; TRC
ρc4.70mol/lN/ARosenbaum, 1951Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 mol/l; TRC
ρc4.34mol/lN/AHerz and Neukirch, 1923Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap31.27kJ/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap31.3kJ/molN/AAmbrose, Ellender, et al., 1975AC
Δvap29.7 ± 0.004kJ/molVMathews, 1926ALS

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
329.30.027Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
29.1329.3N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
32.1308.N/ASoni, Ramjugernath, et al., 2008Based on data from 298. to 318. K.; AC
29.9344.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 329. to 488. K.; AC
32.9228.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 178. to 243. K.; AC
33.8254.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 203. to 269. K.; AC
30.6338.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 323. to 379. K.; AC
29.5389.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 374. to 464. K.; AC
29.7472.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 457. to 508. K.; AC
32.8274.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 259. to 351. K. See also Ambrose, Sprake, et al., 1974 and Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1975.; AC
32.7276.A,EBStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 261. to 328. K. See also Boublík and Aim, 1972.; AC
31.9300.EBBaliah and Gnanasekaran, 1986Based on data from 285. to 329. K.; AC
26.1373.CDmitriev, Kachurina, et al., 1986AC
21.7423.CDmitriev, Kachurina, et al., 1986AC
15.3473.CDmitriev, Kachurina, et al., 1986AC
9.2498.CDmitriev, Kachurina, et al., 1986AC
31.8319.N/ACastellari, Francesconi, et al., 1984Based on data from 305. to 333. K.; AC
32.6285.N/ASokolov, Zhilina, et al., 1963Based on data from 278. to 293. K.; AC
31.1319.N/ABrown and Smith, 1957Based on data from 310. to 329. K.; AC
29.09338.CPennington and Kobe, 1957ALS
35.253.MGFelsing and Durban, 1926Based on data from 204. to 339. K.; AC
32.1293.MGFelsing and Durban, 1926Based on data from 204. to 339. K.; AC
30.7313.MGFelsing and Durban, 1926Based on data from 204. to 339. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH = A exp(-βTr) (1 − Tr)β
    ΔvapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kJ/mol)
    Tr = reduced temperature (T / Tc)

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Temperature (K) A (kJ/mol) β Tc (K) Reference Comment
300. to 345.46.950.2826508.2Majer and Svoboda, 1985 

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
259.16 to 507.604.424481312.253-32.445Ambrose, Sprake, et al., 1974Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
5.715176.62Kelley, 1929, 2DH
5.72176.6Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC
5.690177.6Parks and Kelley, 1928, 2DH
4.770178.5Maass and Walbauer, 1925DH
5.690177.6Parks and Kelley, 1925, 2DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
32.36176.62Kelley, 1929, 2DH
32.0177.6Parks and Kelley, 1928, 2DH
26.7178.5Maass and Walbauer, 1925DH
32.03177.6Parks and Kelley, 1925, 2DH

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IR Spectrum

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

Data compiled by: Pamela M. Chu, Franklin R. Guenther, George C. Rhoderick, and Walter J. Lafferty


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Wilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985
Wilhoit, R.C.; Chao, J.; Hall, K.R., Thermodynamic Properties of Key Organic Compounds in the Carbon Range C1 to C4. Part 1. Properties of Condensed Phases, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1985, 14, 1. [all data]

Kelley, 1929
Kelley, K.K., The heat capacities of isopropyl alcohol and acetone from 16 to 298 K and the corresponding entropies and free energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 1145-51. [all data]

Parks and Kelley, 1928
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., The application of the third law of thermodynamics to some organic reactions, J. Phys. Chem., 1928, 32, 734-50. [all data]

Parks and Kelley, 1925
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds II. The Heat Capacities of Five Organic Compounds. The Entropies and Free Energies of Some Homologous Series of Aliphatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 2089-97. [all data]

Campbell and Chatterjee, 1969
Campbell, A.N.; Chatterjee, R.M., The critical constants and orthobaric densities of acetone, chloroform benzene, and carbon tetrachloride, Can. J. Chem., 1969, 47, 3893-8. [all data]

Campbell and Chatterjee, 1968
Campbell, A.N.; Chatterjee, R.M., Orthobaric Data of Certain Pure Liquids in the Neighborhood of the Critical Point, Can. J. Chem., 1968, 46, 575-81. [all data]

Kobe, Crawford, et al., 1955
Kobe, K.A.; Crawford, H.R.; Stephenson, R.W., Critical Properties and Vapor Pressures of Some Ketones, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1955, 47, 1767-72. [all data]

Rosenbaum, 1951
Rosenbaum, M., , M.S. Thesis, Univ. Tex., Austin, TX, 1951. [all data]

Herz and Neukirch, 1923
Herz, W.; Neukirch, E., On Knowldge of the Critical State, Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1923, 104, 433-50. [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]

Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1975
Ambrose, D.; Ellender, J.H.; Lees, E.B.; Sprake, C.H.S.; Townsend, R., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds XXXVIII. Vapour pressures of some aliphatic ketones, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1975, 7, 5, 453-472, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(75)90275-X . [all data]

Mathews, 1926
Mathews, J.H., The accurate measurement of heats of vaporization of liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 562-576. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Soni, Ramjugernath, et al., 2008
Soni, Minal; Ramjugernath, Deresh; Raal, J. David, Vapor--Liquid Equilibrium for Binary Systems of 2,3-Pentanedione with Diacetyl and Acetone, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, 3, 745-749, https://doi.org/10.1021/je7005924 . [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]

Ambrose, Sprake, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Sprake, C.H.S.; Townsend, R., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds XXXIII. The vapour pressure of acetone, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1974, 6, 7, 693-700, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(74)90119-0 . [all data]

Boublík and Aim, 1972
Boublík, T.; Aim, K., Heats of vaporization of simple non-spherical molecule compounds, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1972, 37, 11, 3513-3521, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19723513 . [all data]

Baliah and Gnanasekaran, 1986
Baliah, V.; Gnanasekaran, K., Search for hydrogen bonding in thiophenols through heats of vaporization measurements, Indian J. Chem., Sect A, 1986, 25, 7, 673. [all data]

Dmitriev, Kachurina, et al., 1986
Dmitriev, Yu.G.; Kachurina, N.S.; Wang, C.H.; Kochubei, V.V., Thermochemical properties of complex glycidol esters, Vestn. L'vov. Politekh. Inst., 1986, 201, 29. [all data]

Castellari, Francesconi, et al., 1984
Castellari, Carlo; Francesconi, Romolo; Comelli, Fabio; Ottani, Stefano, Vapor-liquid equilibria in binary systems containing 1,3-dioxolane at isobaric conditions. 6. Binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with acetone, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1984, 29, 3, 283-284, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00037a016 . [all data]

Sokolov, Zhilina, et al., 1963
Sokolov, V.V.; Zhilina, L.P.; Mischenko, K.P., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1963, 36, 750. [all data]

Brown and Smith, 1957
Brown, I.; Smith, F., Liquid-vapour equilibria viii. The systems acetoke +benzene and acetone +carbon tetrachloride at 45«65533»C, Aust. J. Chem., 1957, 10, 4, 423-621, https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570423 . [all data]

Pennington and Kobe, 1957
Pennington, R.E.; Kobe, K.A., The thermodynamic properties of acetone, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1957, 79, 300-305. [all data]

Felsing and Durban, 1926
Felsing, W.A.; Durban, S.A., THE VAPOR PRESSURES, DENSITIES, AND SOME DERIVED QUANTITIES FOR ACETONE, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 11, 2885-2893, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01690a020 . [all data]

Kelley, 1929, 2
Kelley, K.K., The heats capacities of isopropyl alcohol and acetone from 16 to 298 °K and the corresponding entropies and free energies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 1145-1150. [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 and Kelley, 1928, 2
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., The application of the third law of thermodynamics to some organic reactions, J. Phys. Chem., 1928, 32, 734-750. [all data]

Maass and Walbauer, 1925
Maass, O.; Walbauer, L.J., The specific heats and latent heats of fusion of ice and of several organic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 1-9. [all data]

Parks and Kelley, 1925, 2
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., Thermal data on organic compounds. II. The heat capacities of five organic compounds. The entropies and free energies of some homologous series of aliphatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 2089-2097. [all data]


Notes

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