Chloromethane

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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:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil247. ± 10.KAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus182.KN/AAwbery, 1941Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tfus175.55KN/ATimmermans, 1921Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Tfus176.5KN/ATimmermans, 1911Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple175.43KN/AMesserly and Aston, 1940Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; from T vs 1/f in a calorimter, Resistance thermomter and thermocouple gave same temperature, temp. scale in previous publication; TRC
Ttriple175.44KN/AMesserly and Aston, 1940Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; from T vs 1/f in adiabatic calorimeter, temp. meas. with resistance thermometer & two thermocouples, temp scale described in previous publication; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ptriple0.008587atmN/AMesserly and Aston, 1940Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.000013 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc416. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc66.266atmN/AMansoorian, Hall, et al., 1981Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0066 atm; VP measured up to 408 K,; TRC
Pc65.9190atmN/AHsu and McKetta, 1964Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0400 atm; TRC
Pc65.93atmN/ALeduc, 1909Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.0000 atm; TRC
Pc73.03atmN/AVincent and Chappuis, 1886Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3.0000 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc7.1895mol/lN/AHsu and McKetta, 1964Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.006 mol/l; TRC
ρc7.33mol/lN/ACentnerszwer, 1904Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 mol/l; extrapolation of rectilnear diam. to Tc; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap4.90 ± 0.07kcal/molReviewManion, 2002weighted average of several measurements plus a correction for non-ideality; DRB

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
5.1470248.94N/AMesserly and Aston, 1940, 2P = 101.325 kPA; DH
5.43235.N/ABeersmans and Jungers, 2010Based on data from 183. - 250. K.; AC
5.26263.N/AGaneff and Jungers, 2010Based on data from 198. - 278. K.; AC
5.26262.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 247. - 310. K.; AC
5.21383.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 368. - 416. K.; AC
5.02323.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 308. - 373. K.; AC
5.62206.N/AThomson, 1946Based on data from 191. - 249. K.; AC
5.40234.N/AMesserly and Aston, 1940, 2Based on data from 192. - 249. K.; AC
4.801293.CYates, 1926ALS
4.80293.CYates, 1926AC

Entropy of vaporization

ΔvapS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
20.68248.94Messerly and Aston, 1940, 2P; DH

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
303. - 416.34.912871427.52945.137Hsu and McKetta, 1964Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
198. - 278.4.21936951.561-23.468Ganeff and Jungers, 1948Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
183. - 249.44.14883916.223-28.466Beersmans and Jungers, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
7.55 ± 0.02151.Bah and Dupont-Pavlovsky, 1995Based on data from 130. - 172. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.537175.44Messerly and Aston, 1940, 2DH
1.53174.5Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.762175.44Messerly and Aston, 1940, 2DH

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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.

Awbery, 1941
Awbery, J.H., Philos. Mag., 1941, 31, 247. [all data]

Timmermans, 1921
Timmermans, J., The Freezing Points of Organic Substances IV. New Exp. Determinations, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 62. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Messerly and Aston, 1940
Messerly, G.H.; Aston, J.G., The Heat Capacity and Entropy, Heats of Fusion and Vaporization and the Vapor Pressure of Methyl Chloride, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 886-90. [all data]

Mansoorian, Hall, et al., 1981
Mansoorian, H.; Hall, K.R.; Holste, J.C.; Eubank, P.T., The density of gaseous ethane and of fluid methyl chloride and the vapor pressure of methyl chloride, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 1001-24. [all data]

Hsu and McKetta, 1964
Hsu, C.C.; McKetta, J.J., Pressure-Volume-Temperature Properties of Methyl Chloride, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 1, 45-51, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60020a014 . [all data]

Leduc, 1909
Leduc, A., Compressibility of gases between 0 atm and 3 atm and at all temperatures, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1909, 148, 407. [all data]

Vincent and Chappuis, 1886
Vincent, C.; Chappuis, J., J. Phys. Theor. Appl., 1886, 5, 58. [all data]

Centnerszwer, 1904
Centnerszwer, M., An Application of the Method of Cailletet and Mathias to Determine Critical Volume., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1904, 49, 199. [all data]

Manion, 2002
Manion, J.A., Evaluated Enthalpies of Formation of the Stable Closed Shell C1 and C2 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2002, 31, 1, 123-172, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420703 . [all data]

Messerly and Aston, 1940, 2
Messerly, G.H.; Aston, J.G., The heat capacity and entropy, heats of fusion and vaporization and the vapor pressure of methyl chloride, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 886-890. [all data]

Beersmans and Jungers, 2010
Beersmans, J.; Jungers, J.C., Synthèse et Étude des Chlorure, Bromure et Iodure de Deutérométhyle, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belges, 2010, 56, 5-8, 238-250, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19470560506 . [all data]

Ganeff and Jungers, 2010
Ganeff, Jean M.; Jungers, Joseph C., Tensions de vapeur du système CH3Cl «63743» CH2Cl2, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belges, 2010, 57, 1-3, 82-87, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19480570109 . [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]

Thomson, 1946
Thomson, George Wm., The Antoine Equation for Vapor-pressure Data., Chem. Rev., 1946, 38, 1, 1-39, https://doi.org/10.1021/cr60119a001 . [all data]

Yates, 1926
Yates, G.W.C., LXXIV. Latent heats of vaporization of ethyl and methyl chlorides, Philos. Mag., 1926, 2, 817-826. [all data]

Ganeff and Jungers, 1948
Ganeff, J.M.; Jungers, J.C., Tensions de Vapeur du Systeme CH3Cl - CH2Cl2, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1948, 57, 1-3, 82-87, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19480570109 . [all data]

Beersmans and Jungers, 1947
Beersmans, J.; Jungers, J.C., Synthese et Etude des Chlorure, Bromure et Iodure de Deuteromethyle, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1947, 56, 5-8, 238-250, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19470560506 . [all data]

Bah and Dupont-Pavlovsky, 1995
Bah, A.; Dupont-Pavlovsky, N., Vapor Pressure of Solid Chloromethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 4, 869-870, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00020a028 . [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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