Difluoromethane

• Formula: CH₂F₂
• Molecular weight: 52.0234
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH2F2/c2-1-3/h1H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RWRIWBAIICGTTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-10-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Freon 32; Methane, difluoro-; Methylene fluoride; Carbon fluoride hydride; Genetron 32; Methylene difluoride; CH2F2; R 32; HFC 32; R 32 (refrigerant)
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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

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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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

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 fusion

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Chase, 1998
Chase, M.W., Jr., NIST-JANAF Themochemical Tables, Fourth Edition, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Monograph 9, 1998, 1-1951. [all data]

Neugebauer and Margrave, 1958
Neugebauer, C.A.; Margrave, J.L., The heats of formation of CHF₃ and CH₂F₂, J. Phys. Chem., 1958, 62, 1043-1048. [all data]

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

Filatov, Makarov, et al., 1968
Filatov, A.S.; Makarov, S.P.; Yakubovich, A.Ya., Halogenation of 1,1,1-Trifluoroazomethane, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1968, 38, 33. [all data]

Croll and Scott, 1964
Croll, I.M.; Scott, R.L., Fluorocarbon Solutions at Low Termperatures IV. The Liquid Mixtures CH4 + CClF3, CH2F2 + CClF3, CHF3 + CClF3, CF4 + CClF3, C2H6 + CClF3, C2H6 + CF4, and CHF3 + CF4, J. Phys. Chem., 1964, 68, 3853. [all data]

Henne, Renoll, et al., 1939
Henne, A.L.; Renoll, M.W.; Leicester, H.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 938. [all data]

Shi, Zhu, et al., 1998
Shi, L.; Zhu, M.; Han, L.; Duan, Y.; Sun, L.; Fu, Y.-D., Thermophysical Properties of Difluoromethane (HFC-32), Science in China, Ser. E, 1998, 41, 435-42. [all data]

Fu, Han, et al., 1995
Fu, Y.D.; Han, L.-Z.; Zhu, M.-S., PVT properties, vapor pressures and critical parameters of HFC-32, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1995, 111, 273-86. [all data]

Higashi, 1994
Higashi, Y., Critical parameters for HFC134a, HFC32 and HFC125, Int. J. Refrig., 1994, 17, 524-531. [all data]

Sato, Sato, et al., 1994
Sato, T.; Sato, H.; Watanabe, K., PVT Property Measurements for Difluoromethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1994, 39, 851-4. [all data]

Kanungo, Oi, et al., 1987
Kanungo, Arundhati.; Oi, Takao.; Popowicz, Anthony.; Ishida, Takanobu., Vapor pressure isotope effects in liquid methylene difluoride, J. Phys. Chem., 1987, 91, 15, 4198-4203, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100299a049 . [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]

Malbrunot, Meunier, et al., 1968
Malbrunot, P.F.; Meunier, P.A.; Scatena, Georges M.; Mears, Whitney H.; Murphy, Kevin Paul.; Sinka, Joseph V., Pressure-volume-temperature behavior of difluoromethane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1968, 13, 1, 16-21, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60036a006 . [all data]

L«65533»ddecke and Magee, 1996
L«65533»ddecke, T.O.; Magee, J.W., Molar heat capacity at constant volume of difluoromethane (R32) and pentafluoroethane (R125) from the triple-point temperature to 345 K at pressures to 35 MPa, Int J Thermophys, 1996, 17, 4, 823-849, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01439192 . [all data]

Zenkevich, 2005
Zenkevich, I.G., Experimentally measured retention indices., 2005. [all data]

Zenkevich and Rodin, 2004
Zenkevich, I.G.; Rodin, A.A., Gas chromatographic identification of some volatile toxic fluorine containing compounds by precalculated retention indices, J. Ecol. Chem. (Rus.), 2004, 13, 1, 22-28. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°gas,1 bar	Entropy of gas at standard conditions (1 bar)
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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