sodium chloride

• Formula: ClNa
• Molecular weight: 58.443
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/ClH.Na/h1H;/q;+1/p-1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7647-14-5
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• Other names: Salt
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Liquid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Solid Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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Phase change data

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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
MS - José A. Martinho Simões

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Individual Reactions

4 +  = 2 +  + 3

By formula: 4Na + C₂ClF₃ = 2C + ClNa + 3FNa

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + ClNa = (Na⁺ • ClNa)

3 +  = CNa₂O₃ +  +  + 

By formula: 3HNaO + C₃H₅ClO₂ = CNa₂O₃ + C₂H₆O + ClNa + H₂O

2 +  =  +  + CNO.Na

By formula: 2HNaO + CClN = ClNa + H₂O + CNO.Na

C₆H₅NaO (cr) + ( • 552) (solution) =  (cr) +  (cr)

By formula: C₆H₅NaO (cr) + (HCl • 552H₂O) (solution) = C₆H₆O (cr) + ClNa (cr)

 (cr) + ( • 552) (solution) =  (l) +  (cr)

By formula: CH₃NaO (cr) + (HCl • 552H₂O) (solution) = CH₄O (l) + ClNa (cr)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled by: Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias

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Clustering reactions

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + ClNa = (Na⁺ • ClNa)

IR Spectrum

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Condensed Phase Spectrum

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THz IR spectrum

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Data compiled by: Edwin J. Heilweil and Matthew B. Campbell

• Solid (powder)
• Solid (powder)

References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Ewing and Stern, 1974
Ewing, C.T.; Stern, K.H., Equilibrium Vaporization Rates and Vapor Pressures of Solid and Liquid Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Bromide, Cesium Iodide, and Lithium Fluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1974, 78, 20, 1998-2005, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100613a005 . [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]

Kolesov, Zenkov, et al., 1963
Kolesov, V.P.; Zenkov, I.D.; Skuratov, S.M., Standard enthalpy of formation of chlorotrifluoroethylene, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1963, 37, 115-116. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Chupka, 1959
Chupka, W.A., Dissociation Energies of Some Gaseous Halide Complex Ions and the Hydrated Ion K(H2O)+, J. Chem. Phys., 1959, 40, 2, 458, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1729974 . [all data]

Davies, Finch, et al., 1980
Davies, R.H.; Finch, A.; Gardner, P.J., The standard enthalpy of formation of liquid and gaseous ethylchloroformate (C₃H₅O₂Cl), J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 291-296. [all data]

Lord and Woolf, 1954
Lord, G.; Woolf, A.A., The cyanogen halides. Part III. Their heats of formation and free energies, J. Chem. Soc., 1954, 2546-2551. [all data]

Leal, Pires de Matos, et al., 1991
Leal, J.P.; Pires de Matos, A.; Martinho Simões, J.A., J. Organometal. Chem., 1991, 403, 1. [all data]

Miller, Leopold, et al., 1986
Miller, T.M.; Leopold, D.G.; Murray, K.K.; Lineberger, W.C., Electron Affinities of the Alkali Halides and the Structure of their Negative Ions, J. Chem. Phys., 1986, 85, 5, 2368, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451091 . [all data]

De Vreugd, Wijnaendts van Resandt, et al., 1979
De Vreugd, C.; Wijnaendts van Resandt, R.W.; Los, J.; Smith, B., Differential Cross Sections for Collisions of Negative Halogen Ions and Alkali Atoms, Chem. Phys., 1979, 42, 3, 305, https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-0104(79)80078-6 . [all data]

Ebinghaus, 1964
Ebinghaus, H.Z., Negative Ionen aus Alkalihalogeniden und Electronenaffinitaten der Alkalimetalle und Alkalihalogenide, Z. Naturfor., 1964, 19A, 727. [all data]

Williams, 1982
Williams, D.J., Mass spectrometric study of the vaporization of the alkali chloride-cuprous chloride systems, Aust. J. Chem., 1982, 35, 1531. [all data]

Itoh, Sasamoto, et al., 1981
Itoh, M.; Sasamoto, T.; Sata, T., Mass-spectrometric measurement of activities in both solid and liquid solutions of the KCl-NaCl system, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1981, 54, 3391. [all data]

Potts, Williams, et al., 1974
Potts, A.W.; Williams, T.A.; Price, W.C., Photoelectron spectra and electronic structure of diatomic alkali halides, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A, 1974, 341, 147. [all data]

Berkowitz and Chupka, 1966
Berkowitz, J.; Chupka, W.A., Photoionization of high-temperature vapors. I. The iodides of sodium, magnesium, and thallium, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 45, 1287. [all data]

Potts and Price, 1977
Potts, A.W.; Price, W.C., Photoelectron studies of ionic materials using molecular beam techniques, Phys. Scr., 1977, 16, 191. [all data]

Goodman, Allen, et al., 1974
Goodman, T.D.; Allen, J.D., Jr.; Cusachs, L.C.; Schweitzer, G.K., The photoelectron spectra of gaseous alkali halides, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 3, 289. [all data]

Bloom, Hastie, et al., 1968
Bloom, H.; Hastie, J.W.; Morrison, J.D., Ionization and dissociation of the alkali halides by electron impact, J. Phys. Chem., 1968, 72, 3041. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°liquid,1 bar	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions (1 bar)
  S°solid	Entropy of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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