Naphthalene

• Formula: C₁₀H₈
• Molecular weight: 128.1705
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H8/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-8H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 91-20-3
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• Isotopologues:
  • Naphthalene-D8
• Other names: Albocarbon; Dezodorator; Moth flakes; Naphthalin; Naphthaline; Naphthene; Tar camphor; White tar; Camphor tar; Moth balls; Naftalen; NCI-C52904; Mighty 150; Mighty RD1; Rcra waste number U165; UN 1334; UN 2304; NSC 37565
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Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions (nominally 273.15 K, 1 atm.)

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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:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

References

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Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008
Roux, M.V.; Temprado, M.; Chickos, J.S.; Nagano, Y., Critically Evaluated Thermochemical Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2008, 37, 4, 1855-1996. [all data]

Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983
Metzger, R.M.; Kuo, C.S.; Arafat, E.S., A semi-micro rotating-bomb combustion calorimeter, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 841-851. [all data]

Ammar, El Sayed, et al., 1977
Ammar, M.M.; El Sayed, N.; Morsi, S.E.; El Azmirly, A., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of p-tertiary butyl phenol and naphthalene, Egypt. J. Phys., 1977, 8, 111-118. [all data]

Coleman and Pilcher, 1966
Coleman, D.J.; Pilcher, G., Heats of combustion of biphenyl, bibenzyl, naphthalene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1966, 62, 821-827. [all data]

Mackle and O'Hare, 1963
Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., A high-precision aneroid semi-micro combustion calorimeter, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1963, 59, 2693-2701. [all data]

Speros and Rossini, 1960
Speros, D.M.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of naphthalene, the two methylnaphthalenes, cis and trans decahydronaphthalene and related compounds, J. Phys. Chem., 1960, 64, 1723-1727. [all data]

Keffler and Guthrie, 1927
Keffler, L.J.P.; Guthrie, F.C., Investigation on the heats of combustion of proposed secondary standard substances and on position and optical isomers, J. Phys. Chem., 1927, 31, 58-67. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°solid

  Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions

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