o-Xylene

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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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil417. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 50 out of 51 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus248. ± 2.KAVGN/AAverage of 12 out of 13 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple247.8KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1930Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.25 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc631. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 11 out of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc36. ± 4.atmAVGN/AAverage of 7 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc0.370l/molN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc2.70 ± 0.04mol/lN/ATsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995 
ρc2.699mol/lN/AAkhundov and Imanov, 1970Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 mol/l; TRC
ρc2.710mol/lN/ASimon, 1957Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap10. ± 1.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
8.662417.6N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
9.82348.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 333. - 419. K.; AC
9.08431.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 416. - 473. K.; AC
8.77486.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 471. - 571. K.; AC
8.77582.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 567. - 630. K.; AC
9.51401.N/ACastellari, Francesconi, et al., 1982Based on data from 386. - 416. K.; AC
9.75352.MMWillingham, Taylor, et al., 1945Based on data from 337. - 419. K. See also Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949.; AC
10.8288.N/APitzer and Scott, 1943Based on data from 273. - 323. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984.; 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
336.61 - 418.524.123571478.244-59.076Williamham, Taylor, et al., 1945Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
273. - 323.4.931841901.373-26.268Pitzer and Scott, 1943Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
14.4248.BHessler and Lichtenstein, 1986AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.2500247.82Pitzer and Scott, 1943DH
3.25247.8Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
13.11247.82Pitzer and Scott, 1943DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.0074208.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IHuffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 2DH
3.1159247.8crystaline, IliquidHuffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 2DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.036208.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IHuffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 2DH
12.57247.8crystaline, IliquidHuffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 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.

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Daniels, A.C., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds: VII The Heat Capacities, Entropies and Free Energies of Twelve Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1547-58. [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1995
Tsonopoulos, C.; Ambrose, D., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 3. Aromatic Hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 547-558. [all data]

Akhundov and Imanov, 1970
Akhundov, T.S.; Imanov, Sh.Yu., Teplofiz. Svoistva Zhidk., 1970, 1970, 48-55. [all data]

Simon, 1957
Simon, M., Methods and Apparatus Used at the Bureau of Physicochemical Standards XV. Critical Constants and Straight-Line Diameters of Ten Hydrocarbons, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1957, 66, 375-81. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [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]

Castellari, Francesconi, et al., 1982
Castellari, Carlo; Francesconi, Romolo; Comelli, Fabio, Vapor-liquid equilibriums in binary systems containing 1,3-dioxolane at isobaric conditions. 3. Binary mixtures of 1,3-dioxolane with o-, m-, and p-xylenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1982, 27, 2, 156-158, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00028a017 . [all data]

Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Willingham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of some paraffin, alkylcyclopentane, alkylcyclohexane, and alkylbenzene hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 35, 3, 219-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [all data]

Forziati, Norris, et al., 1949
Forziati, Alphonse F.; Norris, William R.; Rossini, Frederick D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of sixty API-NBS hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1949, 43, 6, 555-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.043.050 . [all data]

Pitzer and Scott, 1943
Pitzer, K.S.; Scott, D.W., The thermodynamics and molecular structure of benzene and its methyl derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 803-829. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

Williamham, Taylor, et al., 1945
Williamham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of Some Paraffin, Alkylcyclopentane, Alkylcyclohexane, and Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), 1945, 35, 3, 219-244, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [all data]

Hessler and Lichtenstein, 1986
Hessler, W.; Lichtenstein, W., Wiss. Zeitschr. Wilhelm-Pieck-Univ. Rostock, Naturwiss. Reihe, 1986, 35, 7, 27. [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]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1930, 2
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Daniels, A.C., Thermal data on organic compounds. VII. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of twelve aromatic hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1547-1558. [all data]


Notes

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