Naphthalene
- Formula: C10H8
- Molecular weight: 128.1705
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 91-20-3
- Chemical structure:
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- 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
ΔfH°solid (kcal/mol) | Method | Reference | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
19. ± 0.36 | Review | Roux, Temprado, et al., 2008 | There are sufficient high-quality literature values to make a good evaluation with a high degree of confidence. In general, the evaluated uncertainty limits are on the order of (0.5 to 2.5) kJ/mol.; DRB |
20.83 ± 0.37 | Ccr | Metzger, Kuo, et al., 1983 | ALS |
18.6 ± 0.1 | Ccb | Ammar, El Sayed, et al., 1977 | ALS |
18.57 ± 0.25 | Ccb | Coleman and Pilcher, 1966 | ALS |
16.42 ± 0.74 | Ccb | Mackle and O'Hare, 1963 | ALS |
18.75 ± 0.38 | Ccb | Speros and Rossini, 1960 | ALS |
17.38 | Ccb | Keffler and Guthrie, 1927 | crystal phase; ALS |
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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ΔfH°solid Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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