Acetylene

• Formula: C₂H₂
• Molecular weight: 26.0373
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 74-86-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Ethyne; Ethine; Narcylen; C2H2; Acetylen; UN 1001; Vinylene
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  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Gas Phase Heat Capacity (Shomate Equation)

C_p° = A + B*t + C*t² + D*t³ + E/t²
H° − H°_298.15= A*t + B*t²/2 + C*t³/3 + D*t⁴/4 − E/t + F − H
S° = A*ln(t) + B*t + C*t²/2 + D*t³/3 − E/(2*t²) + G
    C_p = heat capacity (J/mol*K)
    H° = standard enthalpy (kJ/mol)
    S° = standard entropy (J/mol*K)
    t = temperature (K) / 1000.

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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
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Spectrum

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Additional Data

Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Chase, 1998
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Manion, 2002
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Gurvich, Veyts, et al., 1991
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Wagman, Kilpatrick, et al., 1945
Wagman, D.D.; Kilpatrick, J.E.; Pitzer, K.S.; Rossini, F.D., Heats, equilibrium constants, and free energies of formation of the acetylene hydrocarbons through the pentynes, to 1,500° K, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 35, 467-496. [all data]

Gurvich, Veyts, et al., 1989
Gurvich, L.V.; Veyts, I.V.; Alcock, C.B., Thermodynamic Properties of Individual Substances, 4th ed.; Vols. 1 and 2, Hemisphere, New York, 1989. [all data]

Buckingham and Donaghy, 1982
Buckingham, J.; Donaghy, S.M., Dictionary of Organic Compounds: Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1982, 1. [all data]

Maass and Wright, 1921
Maass, O.; Wright, C.H., SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING TWO AND THREE CARBON ATOMS., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1921, 43, 5, 1098-1111, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01438a013 . [all data]

Morehouse and Maass, 1931
Morehouse, F.R.; Maass, O., The Preparationa and Physical Properties of Ethyl and Methyl Acetylene, Can. J. Res., 1931, 5, 306. [all data]

Maass and Russell, 1918
Maass, O.; Russell, J., Unsaturation and molecular compound formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1918, 40, 1561-1573. [all data]

McIntosh, 1907
McIntosh, D., The physical properties of liquid and solid acetylene., J. Phys. Chem., 1907, 11, 306-17. [all data]

Clark and Din, 1950
Clark, A.M.; Din, F., Equilibria Between Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Phases at Low Temperature binary systems acetylene - carbon dioxide, acetylene - ethylene and acetylene - ethane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1950, 46, 901. [all data]

Tsonopoulos and Ambrose, 1996
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Khodeeva, 1966
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Reid, 1972
Reid, Robert C., Handbook on vapor pressure and heats of vaporization of hydrocarbons and related compounds, R. C. Wilhort and B. J. Zwolinski, Texas A Research Foundation. College Station, Texas(1971). 329 pages.$10.00, AIChE J., 1972, 18, 6, 1278-1278, https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690180637 . [all data]

Ambrose and Townsend, 1964
Ambrose, D.; Townsend, R., Vapour pressure of acetylene, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1964, 60, 1025, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9646001025 . [all data]

Ambrose, 1956
Ambrose, D., The vapour pressures and critical temperatures of acetylene and carbon dioxide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 772, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9565200772 . [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]

Ambrose and Townsend, 1964, 2
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Ambrose, 1956, 2
Ambrose, D., The Vapour Pressures and Critical Temperatures of Acetylene and Carbon Dioxide, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1956, 52, 772-781, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9565200772 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Ptriple	Triple point pressure
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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