Tetradecane

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-332.1 ± 1.8kJ/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcgas-9393.5 ± 1.6kJ/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945Corresponding Δfgas = -403.0 kJ/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas700.40J/mol*KN/AStull D.R., 1969This value is based on the low-temperature results [ Finke H.L., 1954] for S(liquid).; GT

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-403.3 ± 1.8kJ/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid555.43J/mol*KN/AFinke, Gross, et al., 1954DH
liquid562.3J/mol*KN/AParks and Light, 1934Extrapolation below 90 K, 120.2 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
438.28298.15Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991DH
434.20298.15Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1989DH
438.01298.15Costas, Huu, et al., 1988DH
438.01298.15Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988DH
433.53298.15Pintos, Bravo, et al., 1988DH
434.16298.15Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1987DH
433.98298.15Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1986DH
433.53298.15Baluja, Bravo, et al., 1985DH
434.20298.15Lainez, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1985DH
434.20298.15Lainez, Wilhelm, et al., 1985DH
435.1296.20Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984T = 296 to 433 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 2.193 kJ/kg*K.; DH
436.40298.15Grolier and Benson, 1984DH
436.52298.15Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1984DH
436.91298.15Roux, Grolier, et al., 1984DH
436.0298.Zaripov, 1982T = 298, 323, 363 K.; DH
438.44298.15Finke, Gross, et al., 1954T = 12 to 300 K.; DH
434.3290.6Parks and Light, 1934T = 93 to 291 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

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
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil523. ± 10.KAVGN/AAverage of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus278.7 ± 0.9KAVGN/AAverage of 31 out of 32 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple279.02KN/AMesserly, Guthrie, et al., 1967Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Ttriple279.020KN/AFinke, Gross, et al., 1954, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 K; TRC
Ttriple279.020KN/AWaddington, 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Ttriple279.010KN/AWaddington, 1950Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc693. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 11 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc16. ± 2.barN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Pc15.73barN/ARosenthal and Teja, 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.20 bar; TRC
Pc14.40barN/ATeja, Lee, et al., 1989TRC
Pc14.38barN/APak and Kay, 1972Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.6894 bar; corrected for vapor pressure of HG, and extrapolated to zero to correct for decomposition; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Vc0.894l/molN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc1.1 ± 0.2mol/lN/AAmbrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 
ρc1.12mol/lN/AAnselme, Gude, et al., 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.03 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap71.6 ± 0.6kJ/molAVGN/AAverage of 10 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub117.6kJ/molBMorawetz, 1972AC

Reduced pressure boiling point

Tboil (K) Pressure (bar) Reference Comment
395.10.013Weast and Grasselli, 1989BS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
69.0324.CViton, Chavret, et al., 1996AC
68.6329.CViton, Chavret, et al., 1996AC
67.9334.CViton, Chavret, et al., 1996AC
66.8344.CViton, Chavret, et al., 1996AC
65.7359.CViton, Chavret, et al., 1996AC
67.8328.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 313. to 433. K.; AC
57.1447.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 432. to 529. K. See also Camin and Rossini, 1955.; AC
64.1361.GSAllemand, Jose, et al., 1986Based on data from 343. to 395. K.; AC
70.1313.CSunner and Svensson, 1979AC
68.9328.CSunner and Svensson, 1979AC
57.8449.MEUbbelohde, 1938Based on data from 429. to 468. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH = A exp(-βTr) (1 − Tr)β
    ΔvapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kJ/mol)
    Tr = reduced temperature (T / Tc)

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Temperature (K) A (kJ/mol) β Tc (K) Reference Comment
298. to 358.95.660.2965694.Majer and Svoboda, 1985 

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
428.01 to 527.314.137351739.623-105.616Camin and Rossini, 1955

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
45.070279.03N/AFinke, Gross, et al., 1954DH
42.7278.3DSCMondieig, Rajabalee, et al., 2004AC
45.07279.N/ADomalski and Hearing, 1996AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
161.52279.03Finke, Gross, et al., 1954DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.1824194.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IParks and Light, 1934DH
44.267288.7crystaline, IliquidParks and Light, 1934DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (J/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
0.94194.crystaline, IIcrystaline, IParks and Light, 1934DH
153.3288.7crystaline, IliquidParks and Light, 1934DH

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Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

kH(T) = H exp(d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

H (mol/(kg*bar)) d(ln(kH))/d(1/T) (K) Method Reference Comment
0.00087 QN/A missing citation give several references for the Henry's law constants but don't assign them to specific species.

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of the paraffin hydrocarbons at 25° C, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 263-267. [all data]

Stull D.R., 1969
Stull D.R., Jr., The Chemical Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds. Wiley, New York, 1969. [all data]

Finke H.L., 1954
Finke H.L., Low-temperature thermal data for the nine normal paraffin hydrocarbons from octane to hexadecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 333-341. [all data]

Finke, Gross, et al., 1954
Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Waddington, G.; Huffman, H.M., Low-temperature thermal data for the nine normal paraffin hydrocarbons from octane to hexadecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 333-341. [all data]

Parks and Light, 1934
Parks, G.S.; Light, D.W., Thermal data on organic compounds. XIII. The heat capacities and entropies of n-tetradecane and the hydroxybenzoic acids. The relative free energies of some benzenoid position isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1511-1513. [all data]

Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991
Trejo, L.M.; Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Excess heat capacity of organic mixtures, Internat. DATA Series, Selected Data Mixt., 1991, Ser. [all data]

Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1989
Wilhelm, E.; Lainez, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Thermodynamics of (a halogenated ethane or ethene + an n-alkane). VE and CpE of mixtures containing either 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane or tetrachloroethene, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1989, 49, 233-250. [all data]

Costas, Huu, et al., 1988
Costas, M.; Huu, V.T.; Patterson, D.; Caceres-Alonso, M.; Tardajos, G.; Aicart, E., Liquid structure and second-order mixing functions for l-chloronaphthalene with linear and branched alkanes, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1988, 1 84(5), 1603-1616. [all data]

Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988
Perez-Casas, S.; Aicart, E.; Trojo, L.M.; Costas, M., Excess heat capacity. Chlorobenzene-2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, Int. Data Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, 1988, (2)A, 123. [all data]

Pintos, Bravo, et al., 1988
Pintos, M.; Bravo, R.; Baluja, M.C.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Can. J. Chem., 1988, 1179. [all data]

Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1987
Wilhelm, E.; Inglese, A.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess enthalpy, excess heat capacity and excess volume of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene +, and 1-methylnaphthalene + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1987, 34, 49-67. [all data]

Wilhelm, Lainez, et al., 1986
Wilhelm, E.; Lainez, A.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess-molar volumes and heat capacities of (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene + an n-alkane) and (1-chloronaphthalene + an n-alkane), Thermochim. Acta, 1986, 105, 101-110. [all data]

Baluja, Bravo, et al., 1985
Baluja, M.C.; Bravo, R.; Pintos, M.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Unusual dependence on concentration of the excess heat capacities of ester solutions in alkanes, Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1985, 16, 138-144. [all data]

Lainez, Roux-Desgranges, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Mixtures of alkanes with polar molecules showing integral rotation: an unusual composition dependence of CpE of 1,2-dichloroethane + an n-alkane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1985, 20, 47-56. [all data]

Lainez, Wilhelm, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Wilhelm, E.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess molar quantities of (a halogenated n-alkane + an n-alkane). A comparative study of mixtures containing either 1-chlorobutane or 1,4-dichlorobutane, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1985, 17, 1153-1161. [all data]

Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984
Grigor'ev, B.A.; Andolenko, R.A., Investigation of the isobaric heat capacity of n-paraffinic hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Neft i Gaz, 1984, (2), 60-62. [all data]

Grolier and Benson, 1984
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Benson, G.C., Thermodynamic properties of binary mixtures containing ketones. VIII. Heat capacities and volumes of some n-alkanone + n-alkane mixtures at 298.15 K, Can. J. Chem., 1984, 62, 949-953. [all data]

Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1984
Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar heat capacities of (1,4-dioxane + an n-alkane): an unusual composition dependence, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1984, 16, 67-71. [all data]

Roux, Grolier, et al., 1984
Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar enthalpies, excess molar heat capacities and excess molar volumes of (fluorobenzene + an n-alkane), Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 986-992. [all data]

Zaripov, 1982
Zaripov, Z.I., Experimental study of the isobaric heat capacity of liquid organic compounds with molecular weights of up to 4000 a.e.m., 1982, Teplomassoobmen Teplofiz. [all data]

Messerly, Guthrie, et al., 1967
Messerly, J.F.; Guthrie, G.B.; Todd, S.S.; Finke, H.L., Low-Temperature Thermal Data for n-Pentane, n-Heptadecane and n-Octadecane. Revised Thermodynamic Functions for ther n-Alkanes, C5 - C18, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1967, 12, 338-46. [all data]

Finke, Gross, et al., 1954, 2
Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Waddington, G.; Huffman, H.M., Low-Temperature Thermal Data for the Nine Normal Paraffin Hydrocarbons from Octane to Hexadecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 333-41. [all data]

Waddington, 1950
Waddington, G., Personal Commun., U. S. Bur. Mines, Bartlesville, OK, March 2, 1950. [all data]

Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995
Ambrose, D.; Tsonopoulos, C., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 2. Normal Alkenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 531-546. [all data]

Rosenthal and Teja, 1989
Rosenthal, D.J.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Properties of n-Alkanes Using a Low-Residence Time Flow Apparatus, AIChE J., 1989, 35, 1829. [all data]

Teja, Lee, et al., 1989
Teja, A.S.; Lee, R.J.; Rosenthal, D.J.; Anselme, M.J., Correlation of the Critical Properties of Alkanes and Alkanols in 5th IUPAC Conference on Alkanes and AlkanolsGradisca, 1989. [all data]

Pak and Kay, 1972
Pak, S.C.; Kay, W.B., Gas-Liquid Critical Temperatures of Mixtures. Benzene + n-Alkanes and Hexafluorobenzene + n-Alkanes, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., 1972, 11, 255. [all data]

Anselme, Gude, et al., 1990
Anselme, M.J.; Gude, M.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Temperatures and Densities of the n-Alkanes from Pentane to Octadecane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1990, 57, 317-26. [all data]

Morawetz, 1972
Morawetz, Ernst, Correlation of sublimation enthalpies at 298.15 K with molecular structure for planar aromatic hydrocarbons, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 3, 461-467, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(72)90030-4 . [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996
Viton, C.; Chavret, M.; Jose, J., Enthalpies of vaporization of normal alkanes from nonane to pentadecane at temperatures from 298 to 359 K, ELDATA: Int. Electron. J. Phys. Chem. Data, 1996, 2, 3, 103. [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]

Camin and Rossini, 1955
Camin, David L.; Rossini, Frederick D., Physical Properties of Fourteen API Research Hydrocarbons, C 9 to C 15, J. Phys. Chem., 1955, 59, 11, 1173-1179, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150533a014 . [all data]

Allemand, Jose, et al., 1986
Allemand, Nadine; Jose, Jacques; Merlin, J.C., Mesure des pressions de vapeur d'hydrocarbures C10 A C18n-alcanes etn-alkylbenzenes dans le domaine 3-1000 pascal, Thermochimica Acta, 1986, 105, 79-90, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(86)85225-X . [all data]

Sunner and Svensson, 1979
Sunner, Stig; Svensson, Christer, Twin calorimeter for the determination of enthalpies of vaporization of small samples from 300 to 420 K, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1979, 75, 0, 2359, https://doi.org/10.1039/f19797502359 . [all data]

Ubbelohde, 1938
Ubbelohde, A.R., Structure and thermodynamic properties of long-chain compounds, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1938, 34, 282, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9383400282 . [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]

Mondieig, Rajabalee, et al., 2004
Mondieig, D.; Rajabalee, F.; Metivaud, V.; Oonk, H.A.J.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A., n -Alkane Binary Molecular Alloys, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 5, 786-798, https://doi.org/10.1021/cm031169p . [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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