Propanoic acid

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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
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil414. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 62 out of 65 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus252. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple252.65KN/AMartin and Andon, 1982Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.06 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc607. ± 10.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc46.07atmN/AAndereya and Chase, 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.49 atm; TRC
Pc44.71atmN/AAmbrose and Ghiassee, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.49 atm; TRC
Pc47.4724atmN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.89 atm; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Pc40.07atmN/AEfremova and Sokolova, 1972Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 4.000 atm; TRC
Pc52.90atmN/AVespigniani, 1903Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 5.0000 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc4.51mol/lN/AEfremova and Sokolova, 1972Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0450 mol/l; TRC
ρc4.25mol/lN/AAnonymous, 1928Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.08 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap12. ± 4.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
11.2358.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 343. - 419. K.; AC
14.5429.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 414. - 511. K.; AC
11.1360.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 345. - 401. K.; AC
13.4303.N/ATamir, Dragoescu, et al., 1983AC
11.5343.N/AAmbrose, Ellender, et al., 1981Based on data from 328. - 437. K.; AC

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
345.54 - 401.494.739871679.869-59.832Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
17.7 ± 0.2233.TECalis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978Based on data from 225. - 238. K.; AC
17.5 ± 0.2233.MECalis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.548252.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996See also Martin and Andon, 1982, 2.; AC

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
2.5478252.65crystaline, IliquidMartin and Andon, 1982, 2DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
10.08252.65crystaline, IliquidMartin and Andon, 1982, 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.

Martin and Andon, 1982
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1982, 14, 679-88. [all data]

Andereya and Chase, 1990
Andereya, E.; Chase, J.D., Chem. Eng. Technol., 1990, 13, 304-12. [all data]

Ambrose and Ghiassee, 1987
Ambrose, D.; Ghiassee, N.B., Vapor Pressures and Critical Temperatures and Critical Pressures of Some Alkanoic Acids: C1 to C10, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 505. [all data]

D'Souza and Teja, 1987
D'Souza, R.; Teja, A.S., The prediction of the vapor pressures of carboxylic acids, Chem. Eng. Commun., 1987, 61, 13. [all data]

Efremova and Sokolova, 1972
Efremova, G.D.; Sokolova, E.S., Boundary curve and critical parameters of propionic acid, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1972, 46, 1084. [all data]

Vespigniani, 1903
Vespigniani, G.R., Gazz. Chim. Ital., 1903, 33, 73-8. [all data]

Anonymous, 1928
Anonymous, B., International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Phys., Chem. Technol. Vol. III, Washburn, E. W., Ed., McGraw-Hill, NY, 1928. [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]

Tamir, Dragoescu, et al., 1983
Tamir, Abraham; Dragoescu, Claudia; Apelblat, Alexander; Wisniak, Jaime, Heats of vaporization and vapor-liquid equilibria in associated solutions containing formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid and carbon tetrachloride, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1983, 10, 1, 9-42, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812(83)80002-8 . [all data]

Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1981
Ambrose, D.; Ellender, J.H.; Gundry, H.A.; Lee, D.A.; Townsend, R., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds LI. The vapour pressures of some esters and fatty acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1981, 13, 8, 795-802, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(81)90069-0 . [all data]

Dreisbach and Shrader, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Shrader, S.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 12, 2879-2880, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50480a054 . [all data]

Calis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978
Calis-Van Ginkel, C.H.D.; Calis, G.H.M.; Timmermans, C.W.M.; de Kruif, C.G.; Oonk, H.A.J., Enthalpies of sublimation and dimerization in the vapour phase of formic, acetic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1978, 10, 11, 1083-1088, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(78)90082-4 . [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]

Martin and Andon, 1982, 2
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 679-688. [all data]


Notes

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