Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-128.7 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbOrnellas, Carpenter, et al., 1966Heat of combustion corrected for pressure
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-614.8 ± 0.2kcal/molCcbOrnellas, Carpenter, et al., 1966Heat of combustion corrected for pressure
Δcsolid-614.20 ± 0.60kcal/molCcbBurlot, 1939Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -620.14 kcal/mol

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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
Δsub35.95 ± 0.31kcal/molMECundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978Based on data from 328. to 405. K.; AC
Δsub36.3 ± 0.5kcal/molVEdwards, 1953ALS

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
37.5 ± 0.2369.TELau, Hildenbrand, et al., 2004Based on data from 356. to 382. K.; AC
36.30 ± 0.50370. to 411.N/AEdwards, 1953See also Jones, 1960 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2.; AC

References

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Ornellas, Carpenter, et al., 1966
Ornellas, D.L.; Carpenter, J.H.; Gunn, S.R., Detonation calorimeter and results obtained with pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), Rev. Sci. Instrum., 1966, 37, 907-912. [all data]

Burlot, 1939
Burlot, E., Etude relative a la calorimetrie des explosifs, Mem. Poudres, 1939, 29, 226-260. [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]

Cundall, Frank Palmer, et al., 1978
Cundall, Robert B.; Frank Palmer, T.; Wood, Colin E.C., Vapour pressure measurements on some organic high explosives, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1978, 74, 0, 1339, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19787401339 . [all data]

Edwards, 1953
Edwards, G., The vapour pressure of cyclo-trimethylenetrinitramine (cyclonite) and pentaerythritoltetranitrate, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1953, 49, 152. [all data]

Lau, Hildenbrand, et al., 2004
Lau, Kai H.; Hildenbrand, Donald L.; Crouch-Baker, Steven; Sanjurjo, Angel, Sublimation Pressure and Vapor Molecular Weight of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 3, 544-546, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0302203 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970, 2
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]


Notes

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