Ammonia

• Formula: H₃N
• Molecular weight: 17.0305
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/H3N/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7664-41-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Ammonia-d3
• Other names: Ammonia gas; Nitro-Sil; Spirit of Hartshorn; NH3; Ammonia, anhydrous; Anhydrous ammonia; Aromatic Ammonia, Vaporole
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  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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  • Reaction thermochemistry data: reactions 1 to 50, reactions 51 to 100, reactions 101 to 146
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  • Gas Chromatography
  • Fluid Properties
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to H₃N⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

H₂N^- +  =

By formula: H₂N^- + H⁺ = H₃N

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

References

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Timmermans, 1921
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Reiser, Habenicht, et al., 1993
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Locht, Leyh, et al., 1991
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Habenicht, 1989
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Baldwin, Loudon, et al., 1977
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Debies and Rabalais, 1975
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Aue, Webb, et al., 1975
Aue, D.H.; Webb, H.M.; Bowers, M.T., Photoelectron spectrum and gas-phase basicity of manxine. Evidence for a planar bridgehead nitrogen, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4136. [all data]

Morrison and Traeger, 1973
Morrison, J.D.; Traeger, J.C., Ionization and dissociation by electron impact. II. NH₃ and PH₃, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1973, 11, 277. [all data]

Potts and Price, 1972
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Weiss and Lawrence, 1970
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Branton, Frost, et al., 1969
Branton, G.R.; Frost, D.C.; Herring, F.G.; McDowell, C.A.; Stenhouse, I.A., The ionization potentials of ammonia and ammonia-d₃, measured by photoelectron spectroscopy, and an INDO calculation of these values, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1969, 3, 581. [all data]

Potapov, 1968
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Chupka and Russell, 1968
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Dibeler, Walker, et al., 1966
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Watanabe and Sood, 1965
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Al-Joboury and Turner, 1964
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Watanabe and Mottl, 1957
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Baumgartel, Jochims, et al., 1989
Baumgartel, H.; Jochims, H.-W.; Ruhl, E.; Bock, H.; Dammel, R.; Minkwitz, J.; Nass, R., Photoelectron and photoionization mass spectra of the fluoramines NH₃-_nF_n¹, Inorg. Chem., 1989, 28, 943. [all data]

Bieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982
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Daamen and Oskam, 1978
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Powis, 1981
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McCulloh, 1976
McCulloh, K.E., Energetics and mechanisms of fragment ion formation in the photoionization of normal and deuterated water and ammonia, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1976, 21, 333. [all data]

Foner and Hudson, 1958
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Check, Faust, et al., 2001
Check, C.E.; Faust, T.O.; Bailey, J.M.; Wright, B.J.; Gilbert, T.M.; Sunderlin, L.S., Addition of Polarization and Diffuse Functions to the LANL2DZ Basis Set for P-Block Elements, J. Phys. Chem. A,, 2001, 105, 34, 8111, https://doi.org/10.1021/jp011945l . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Ptriple	Triple point pressure
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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