Propane
- Formula: C3H8
- Molecular weight: 44.0956
- IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8/c1-3-2/h3H2,1-2H3
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ATUOYWHBWRKTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 74-98-6
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: n-Propane; Dimethylmethane; Freon 290; Liquefied petroleum gas; LPG; Propyl hydride; R 290; C3H8; UN 1978; A-108; Hydrocarbon propellant A-108; HC 290
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 369.8 ± 0.1 | Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 | |
| 369.77 | Holcomb, Magee, et al., 1995 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
| 364.59 | Ohgaki, Umezono, et al., 1990 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 369.83 | Sychev, Vasserman, et al., 1989 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC |
| 369.82 | Teja, Lee, et al., 1989 | TRC |
| 369.91 | Brunner, 1988 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; Visual, optical cell 30cm high. TE cal. vs PRT; TRC |
| 369.85 | Younglove and Ely, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.07 K; TRC |
| 369.98 | Brunner, 1985 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC |
| 369.8 | Majer and Svoboda, 1985 | |
| 370.00 | Barber, Kay, et al., 1982 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
| 369.85 | Goodwin and Haynes, 1982 | TRC |
| 369.85 | Thomas and Harrison, 1982 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC |
| 369.8 | Kratzke, 1980 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0037 K; TRC |
| 369.8 | Goodwin, 1977 | TRC |
| 369.74 | Mousa, 1977 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
| 369.76 | Kay and Young, 1974 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC |
| 369.76 | Kay and Young, 1974, 2 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC |
| 369.8 | Kay and Young, 1974, 3 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC |
| 369.75 | Kay and Young, 1974, 4 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC |
| 369.75 | Kay and Young, 1974, 5 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC |
| 369.75 | Kay and Young, 1974, 6 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC |
| 369.74 | Mousa, Kay, et al., 1972 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
| 370.02 | Kreglewski and Kay, 1969 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC |
| 370.0 | Kay, 1964 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC |
| 369.9 | Kreglewski, 1957 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC |
| 369.81 | Clegg and Rowlinson, 1955 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC |
| 369.81 | Kay and Rambosek, 1953 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.22 K; TRC |
| 370.45 | Kreglewski, 1953 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 370.2 | Ipatieff and Monroe, 1942 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
| 372. | Scheeline and Gilliland, 1939 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2.22 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 369.96 | Beattie, Poffenberger, et al., 1935 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC |
| 373.3 | Sage, Schaafsma, et al., 1934 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.55 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 367.8 | Maass and Wright, 1921 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6 K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 370.7 | Lebeau, 1905 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC; Data excluded from overall average |
| 370.15 | Kuenen, 1903 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC |
| 370. | Olszewski, 1895 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 3. K; TRC |
| 375. | Hainlen, 1894 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 5. K; 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.
Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995
Ambrose, D.; Tsonopoulos, C.,
Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 2. Normal Alkenes,
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Holcomb, Magee, et al., 1995
Holcomb, C.D.; Magee, J.W.; Haynes, W.M.,
Density Measurements on Natural Gas Liquids, Research Report RR-147, Gas Processors Association Project 916, 1995. [all data]
Ohgaki, Umezono, et al., 1990
Ohgaki, K.; Umezono, S.; Katayama, T.,
Pressure-density-temperature (p-ρ-T) relations of fluoroform, nitrous oxide, and propene in the critical region,
J. Supercrit. Fluids, 1990, 3, 78-84. [all data]
Sychev, Vasserman, et al., 1989
Sychev, V.V.; Vasserman, A.A.; Kozlov, A.D.; Tsymarny, V.A.,
Thermodynamic Properties of Propane, Standards Publishing House, 1989. [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]
Brunner, 1988
Brunner, E.,
Fluid Mixtures at High Pressures VI. Phase Separation and Critical Phenomena in 18 (n-Alkane + Ammonia) and 4 (n-Alkane _ Methanol) Mixtures,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1988, 20, 273. [all data]
Younglove and Ely, 1987
Younglove, B.A.; Ely, J.F.,
Thermophysical Properties of Fluids II. Methane, Ethane, Propane, Isobutane, and Normal Butane,
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Brunner, 1985
Brunner, E.,
Fluid mixtures at high pressures II. Phase separation and critical phenomena of (ethane + an n-alkanol) and of (ethene + methanol) and (propane + methanol),
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1985, 17, 871. [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]
Barber, Kay, et al., 1982
Barber, J.R.; Kay, W.B.; Teja, A.S.,
A study of the volumetric and phase behavior of binary systems: part I. critical properties of propane + perfluorocyclobutane mixtures.,
AIChE J., 1982, 28, 134-8. [all data]
Goodwin and Haynes, 1982
Goodwin, R.D.; Haynes, W.M.,
Thermophysical Properties of Propane from 85 to 700 K at Pressures to 70 MPa, NBS Monogr. (U. S.) No. 170, 249 pp., 1982. [all data]
Thomas and Harrison, 1982
Thomas, R.H.P.; Harrison, R.H.,
Pressure-Volume-Temperature Relations of Propane,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 1-11. [all data]
Kratzke, 1980
Kratzke, H.,
Thermodynamic quantities for propane. 1. The vapour pressure of liquid propane,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 305-9. [all data]
Goodwin, 1977
Goodwin, R.D.,
, Natl. Bur. Stand., [Tech. Rep.] NBSIR (U. S.) 77-860, 1977. [all data]
Mousa, 1977
Mousa, A.H.N.,
The Physical properties of highly purified purified samnples of propane and n-hexane,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 1063-5. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 2, 154. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974, 2
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 2, 156. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974, 3
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 2, 158. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974, 4
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 3, 192. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974, 5
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 3, 194. [all data]
Kay and Young, 1974, 6
Kay, W.B.; Young, C.L.,
Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 1974, No. 3, 196. [all data]
Mousa, Kay, et al., 1972
Mousa, A.H.N.; Kay, W.B.; Kreglewski, A.,
The critical constants of binary mixtures of certain perfluoro-compounds with alkanes,
J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 301-11. [all data]
Kreglewski and Kay, 1969
Kreglewski, A.; Kay, W.B.,
The Critical Constants of Conformal Mixtures,
J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 3359. [all data]
Kay, 1964
Kay, W.B.,
P-T-x Diagrams in the Critical Region. Acetone-n-Alkane Systems,
J. Phys. Chem., 1964, 68, 827-31. [all data]
Kreglewski, 1957
Kreglewski, A.,
The Critical Temperature Curves of Mixtures I. The Azeotropic Range Range,
Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Cl. 3, 1957, 5, 323-7. [all data]
Clegg and Rowlinson, 1955
Clegg, H.P.; Rowlinson, J.S.,
Physical Properties of Some Fluorine Compounds and Their Solutions II. Part 2. The System Sulfur Hexafluoride + Propane,
Trans. Faraday Soc., 1955, 51, 1333-40. [all data]
Kay and Rambosek, 1953
Kay, W.B.; Rambosek, G.M.,
Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium Relations in Binary Systems. Propane-Hydrogen Sulfide Systems,
Ind. Eng. Chem., 1953, 45, 221-6. [all data]
Kreglewski, 1953
Kreglewski, A.,
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Ipatieff and Monroe, 1942
Ipatieff, V.N.; Monroe, G.S.,
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Scheeline and Gilliland, 1939
Scheeline, H.W.; Gilliland, E.R.,
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in the System Propane-Isobutylene,
Ind. Eng. Chem., 1939, 31, 1050. [all data]
Beattie, Poffenberger, et al., 1935
Beattie, J.A.; Poffenberger, N.; Hadlock, C.,
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Sage, Schaafsma, et al., 1934
Sage, B.H.; Schaafsma, J.G.; Lacey, W.N.,
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Maass and Wright, 1921
Maass, O.; Wright, C.H.,
SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING TWO AND THREE CARBON ATOMS.,
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Lebeau, 1905
Lebeau, P.,
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Kuenen, 1903
Kuenen, J.P.,
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Olszewski, 1895
Olszewski, K.,
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Hainlen, 1894
Hainlen, A.,
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Notes
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