Silicon tetrafluoride

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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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil187.KN/APCR Inc., 1990BS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc259.KN/ABooth and Swinehart, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc37.1457barN/ABooth and Swinehart, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.0506 bar; TRC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
163.16 to 186.918.377661643.69818.344Pace and Mosser, 1963Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
129. to 178.37.109781220.564-6.884Stull, 1947Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
25.8148. to 183.Patnode and Papish, 1929AC

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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:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
IE (evaluated)15.24 ± 0.14eVN/AN/AL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)502.9kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity476.6kJ/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δf(+) ion-134. ± 7.1kJ/molN/AN/A 

Proton affinity at 298K

Proton affinity (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
492.0 ± 8.4Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM
492.9 ± 8.4Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM

Gas basicity at 298K

Gas basicity (review) (kJ/mol) Reference Comment
465.7 ± 8.4Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM
466.5 ± 8.4Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM

Protonation entropy at 298K

Protonation entropy (J/mol*K) Reference Comment
21.Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM
21.Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999T = 298K; MM

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
15.29 ± 0.08ENDKickel, Fisher, et al., 1993LL
15.19PIMurphy and Beauchamp, 1977LLK
15. ± 1.EIFarber and Srivastava, 1977LLK
15.7PELloyd and Roberts, 1975LLK
15.81 ± 0.02PEBassett and Lloyd, 1971LLK
15.92PEBull, Pullen, et al., 1970RDSH
15.7 ± 0.1EIMcDonald, Williams, et al., 1968RDSH
16.4PEBieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982Vertical value; LBLHLM
16.5PELloyd and Roberts, 1975Vertical value; LLK
16.45PEFehlner and Turner, 1974Vertical value; LLK
16.46 ± 0.04PEJonas, Schweitzer, et al., 1973Vertical value; LLK

Appearance energy determinations

Ion AE (eV) Other Products MethodReferenceComment
SiF+28.8 ± 0.1?EIMcDonald, Williams, et al., 1968RDSH
SiF2+27.4 ± 0.1?EIMcDonald, Williams, et al., 1968RDSH
F3Si+16.21 ± 0.18FEND/DERKickel, Fisher, et al., 1993LL
SiF3+16.2 ± 0.1F?EIMcDonald, Williams, et al., 1968RDSH

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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

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References

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PCR Inc., 1990
PCR Inc., Research Chemicals Catalog 1990-1991, PCR Inc., Gainesville, FL, 1990, 1. [all data]

Booth and Swinehart, 1935
Booth, H.S.; Swinehart, C.F., Critical Constants and Vapor Pressure of Some Gaseous Fluorides of Group IV, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 1337. [all data]

Pace and Mosser, 1963
Pace, E.L.; Mosser, J.S., Thermodynamic Properties of Silicon Tetrafluoride from 15 ºK to its Triple Point. The Entropy from Molecular and Spectroscopic Data, J. Chem. Phys., 1963, 39, 1, 154-158, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1733993 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Patnode and Papish, 1929
Patnode, W.I.; Papish, Jacob, The Vapor Pressure of Silicon Tetrafluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1929, 34, 7, 1494-1496, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150313a010 . [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Ling, Milburn, et al., 1999
Ling, Y.; Milburn, R.K.; Hopkinson, A.C.; Bohme, D.K., Experimental and theoretical studies of the proton affinity of SiF4 and the structure of SiF4H+, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 1999, 10, 848. [all data]

Kickel, Fisher, et al., 1993
Kickel, B.L.; Fisher, E.R.; Armentrout, P.B., Dissociative charge-transfer reactions of N+(3P), N2+(2g+), Ar+(2P3/2,1/2), and Kr+(2P3/2) with SiF4. Thermochemistry of SiF4+ and SiF3+, J. Phys. Chem., 1993, 97, 10198. [all data]

Murphy and Beauchamp, 1977
Murphy, M.K.; Beauchamp, J.L., Photoionization mass spectrometry of the fluoromethylsilanes (CH3)n F4-nSi (n = 1-4), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1977, 99, 2085. [all data]

Farber and Srivastava, 1977
Farber, M.; Srivastava, R.D., Mass spectrometric determination of the heats of formation of the silane fluorides, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1977, 51, 307. [all data]

Lloyd and Roberts, 1975
Lloyd, D.R.; Roberts, P.J., Photoelectron spectra of halides. VII. Variable temperature He(I) and He(II) studies of CF4, SiF4, and GeF4, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1975, 7, 325. [all data]

Bassett and Lloyd, 1971
Bassett, P.J.; Lloyd, D.R., Photoelectron spectra of halides. Part I. Tetrafluorides and tetrachlorides of group IVB, J. Chem. Soc., 1971, (A), 641. [all data]

Bull, Pullen, et al., 1970
Bull, W.E.; Pullen, B.P.; Grimm, F.A.; Moddeman, W.E.; Schweitzer, G.K.; Carlson, T.A., High resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of carbon and silicon tetrafluorides, Inorg. Chem., 1970, 9, 2474. [all data]

McDonald, Williams, et al., 1968
McDonald, J.D.; Williams, C.H.; Thompson, J.C.; Margrave, J.L., Appearance potentials, ionization potentials and heats of formation for perfluorosilanes and perfluoroborosilanes, Advan. Chem. Ser., 1968, 72, 261. [all data]

Bieri, Asbrink, et al., 1982
Bieri, G.; Asbrink, L.; Von Niessen, W., 30.4-nm He(II) photoelectron spectra of organic molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1982, 27, 129. [all data]

Fehlner and Turner, 1974
Fehlner, T.P.; Turner, D.W., The photoelectron spectrum of SiF2, Inorg. Chem., 1974, 13, 754. [all data]

Jonas, Schweitzer, et al., 1973
Jonas, A.E.; Schweitzer, G.K.; Grimm, F.A.; Carlson, T.A., The photoelectron spectra of the tetrafluoro and tetramethyl compounds of the group IV elements, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1973, 1, 29. [all data]


Notes

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