beryllium fluoride

• Formula: BeF₂
• Molecular weight: 47.008988
• CAS Registry Number: 7787-49-7
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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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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

 + BeF₂ = ( • BeF₂)

By formula: F^- + BeF₂ = (F^- • BeF₂)

AlF₄^- + BeF₂ = (AlF₄^- • BeF₂)

By formula: AlF₄^- + BeF₂ = (AlF₄^- • BeF₂)

Be₂F₅^- + BeF₂ = (Be₂F₅^- • BeF₂)

By formula: Be₂F₅^- + BeF₂ = (Be₂F₅^- • BeF₂)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   X

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 83; Buchler, Stauffer, et al., 1964

Notes

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]

Greenbaum, Foster, et al., 1963
Greenbaum, Michael A.; Foster, James N.; Arin, M. Louis; Farber, Milton, THE THERMODYNAMIC AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS. I. ENTHALPY AND ENTROPY OF VAPORIZATION OF BERYLLIUM FLUORIDE ^1,2, J. Phys. Chem., 1963, 67, 1, 36-40, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100795a009 . [all data]

Novoselova, Semenenko, et al., 1958
Novoselova, A.V.; Semenenko, K.N.; Turova, O.Ya., Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. Mat., Mekh., Astron., Fiz., Khim., 1958, 13, 139. [all data]

Sense and Stone, 1958
Sense, Karl A.; Stone, Richard W., Vapor Pressures and Molecular Composition of Vapors of the Sodium Fluoride-Beryllium Fluoride System, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 4, 453-457, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150562a020 . [all data]

Sense, Snyder, et al., 1954
Sense, K.A.; Snyder, M.J.; Clegg, J.W., The Vapor Pressure of Beryllium Fluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 3, 223-224, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150513a008 . [all data]

Cantor, 1965
Cantor, S., Vapor Pressures of BeF₂ and NiF₂, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1965, 10, 3, 237-238, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60026a008 . [all data]

Blauer, Greenbaum, et al., 1965
Blauer, Jay A.; Greenbaum, Michael A.; Farber, Milton, The Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Beryllium Compounds. VII. Enthalpy and Entropy of Sublimation of Beryllium Fluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1965, 69, 3, 1069-1070, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100887a508 . [all data]

Nikitin, Sorokin, et al., 1980
Nikitin, M.I.; Sorokin, I.D.; Skokan, E.V.; Sidorov, L.N., Negative Ions in the Saturated Vapors of the Potassium Fluoride - Hafnium Tetrafluoride and Potassium Fluoride - Beryllium Difluoride Systems, Russ. J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 54, page]. [all data]

Farber and Srivastava, 1974
Farber, M.; Srivastava, R.D., Dissociation energies of BeF and BeCl and the heat of formation of BeClF, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1, 1974, 70, 1581. [all data]

Hildenbrand and Murad, 1966
Hildenbrand, D.L.; Murad, E., Mass-spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of beryllium monofluoride, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 44, 1524. [all data]

Hildenbrand and Theard, 1965
Hildenbrand, D.L.; Theard, L.P., Effusion studies, mass spectra, and thermodynamics of beryllium fluoride vapor, J. Chem. Phys., 1965, 42, 3230. [all data]

Yu, Shayesteh, et al., 2005
Yu, S.; Shayesteh, A.; Bernath, P.F.; Koput, J., The vibration-rotation emission spectrum of hot BeF[sub 2], J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 123, 13, 134303, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2039085 . [all data]

Snelson, 1966
Snelson, A., Infrared Spectra of Some Alkaline Earth Halides by the Matrix Isolation Technique, J. Phys. Chem., 1966, 70, 10, 3208, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100882a031 . [all data]

Frum, Engleman, et al., 1991
Frum, C.I.; Engleman, R., Jr.; Bernath, P.F., Fourier transform emission spectroscopy of BeF2 at 6.5 μm, J. Chem. Phys., 1991, 95, 3, 1435, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.461056 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Buchler, Stauffer, et al., 1964
Buchler, A.; Stauffer, J.L.; Klemperer, W., None, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1964, 86, 21, 4544, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01075a007 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  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
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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