Triacetin

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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
Δfliquid-318.1 ± 1.0kcal/molCcbTavernier and Lamouroux, 1956Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -315.77 kcal/mol; Author's hf298_condensed=-320.274 kcal/mol; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1006.6 ± 1.0kcal/molCcbTavernier and Lamouroux, 1956Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -1008.906 kcal/mol; Author's hf298_condensed=-320.274 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -318.07 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid109.5cal/mol*KN/ARabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
92.97298.15Nilsson and Wadso, 1986DH
91.95300.Rabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983T = 9 to 320 K.; DH
96.1298.15Fuchs, 1979DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
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
Tboil520. ± 70.KAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus195.KN/AHutchings, Nicklasson, et al., 1993Glass phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 10. K; Presumably this is glass transition temp.; TRC
Tfus277.15KN/AYumashev, Demchenko, et al., 1984Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.8 K; TRC
Tfus277.3KN/ABaur, 1954Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Tfus276.4KN/AHancock, Sylvester, et al., 1948Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; Tends to undercool to form a glass at -60 to -78 C. Crystalization can be induced by seeding; TRC
Tfus213.KN/ATimmermans, 1922Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 50. K; presumably this is the glass transition temp.; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple275.25KN/ARabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap20.0 ± 0.7kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
19.6299.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 284. to 319. K. See also Woodman and Adicoff, 1963.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
6.1663275.25Rabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983DH
6.17275.3Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
22.4275.25Rabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983DH

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IR Spectrum

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Tavernier and Lamouroux, 1956
Tavernier, P.; Lamouroux, M., Determinations calorimetriques relatives a vingt-six substances organiques, Mem. Poudres, 1956, 38, 65-88. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Rabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983
Rabinovich, I.B.; Khlyustova, T.B.; Mochalov, A.N.; Kokurina, N.Yu., The heat capacity and thermodynamic properties of triacetin in the temperature range 0-320 K, Zhur. Fiz. Khim., 1983, 57, 2867-2869. [all data]

Nilsson and Wadso, 1986
Nilsson, S.-O.; Wadso, I., Thermodynamic properties of some mono-, di-, and tri esters. Enthalpies of solution in water at 288.15 to 318.15 K and enthalpies of vaporization and heat capacities at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 673-681. [all data]

Fuchs, 1979
Fuchs, R., Heat capacities of some liquid aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic esters at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 959-961. [all data]

Hutchings, Nicklasson, et al., 1993
Hutchings, D.; Nicklasson, M.; Sakr, A.A., Pharazie, 1993, 38, 912-4. [all data]

Yumashev, Demchenko, et al., 1984
Yumashev, N.V.; Demchenko, M.D.; Libov, V.S.; Miroshnichenko, E.; Perova, T.S.; Agich, A.A., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1984, 54, 743-7. [all data]

Baur, 1954
Baur, F.J., J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 380. [all data]

Hancock, Sylvester, et al., 1948
Hancock, B.; Sylvester, D.M.; Forman, S.E., Crystalization fo Triacetin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 425. [all data]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [all data]

Rabinovich, Khlyustova, et al., 1983, 2
Rabinovich, I.B.; Khlyustova, T.B.; Mochalov, A.N.; Kokurina, N.Y., The Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Properties of Triacetin in the Temperature Rante 0 - 320 K, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1983, 57, 2867. [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]

Woodman and Adicoff, 1963
Woodman, A.L.; Adicoff, A., Vapor pressure of triacetin, triethylene glycol dinitrte, and metriol trinitrate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 241-242. [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]


Notes

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