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 sublimation at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 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.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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]

Chickos, Hesse, et al., 1998
Chickos, James; Hesse, Donald; Hosseini, Sarah; Nichols, Gary; Webb, Paul, Sublimation enthalpies at 298.15K using correlation gas chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry measurements, Thermochimica Acta, 1998, 313, 2, 101-110, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00432-2 . [all data]

Torres-Gomez, Barreiro-Rodriguez, et al., 1988
Torres-Gomez, L.A.; Barreiro-Rodriguez, G.; Galarza-Mondragon, A., A new method for the measurement of enthalpies of sublimation using differential scanning calorimetry, Thermochim. Acta, 1988, 124, 229-233. [all data]

Van Ekeren, Jacobs, et al., 1983
Van Ekeren, P.J.; Jacobs, M.H.G.; Offringa, J.C.A.; De Kruif, C.G., Vapour-pressure measurements on trans-diphenylethene and naphthalene using a spinning-rotor friction gauge, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 5, 409-417, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90038-1 . [all data]

de Kruif, Kuipers, et al., 1981
de Kruif, C.G.; Kuipers, T.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; Schaake, R.C.F.; Stevens, G., The vapour pressure of solid and liquid naphthalene, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1981, 13, 11, 1081-1086, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(81)90006-9 . [all data]

Murata, Sakiyama, et al., 1982
Murata, S.; Sakiyama, M.; Seki, S., Construction and testing of a sublimation calorimetric system using a Calvet microcalorimeter, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1982, 14, 8, 707-721, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(82)90167-7 . [all data]

Sinke, 1974
Sinke, G.C., A method for measurement of vapor pressures of organic compounds below 0.1 Toor Naphthalene as a reference substance, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1974, 6, 4, 311-316, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(74)90160-8 . [all data]

Irving, 1972
Irving, R.J., The standard enthalpy of sublimation of naphthalene, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 793-794. [all data]

Morawetz, 1972
Morawetz, E., Enthalpies of vaporization for a number of aromatic compounds, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 455. [all data]

Morawetz, 1972, 2
Morawetz, Ernst, Enthalpies of vaporization for a number of aromatic compounds, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 3, 455-460, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90029-8 . [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]

Miller, 1963
Miller, G.A., Vapor pressure of naphthalene, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 69. [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]

Inokuchi, 1951
Inokuchi, H., J. Chem. Soc. Jpn. Pure Chem. Sect., 1951, 72, 552. [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H.Z., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. B, 1938, 39, 194. [all data]

Wolf and Weghofer, 1938, 2
Wolf, K.L.; Weghofer, H., Uber sublimationswarmen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1938, 39, 194-208. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔsubH°

  Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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