Methane, tetranitro-

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas82. ± 2.kJ/molCcbLebedev, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1975 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfliquid38. ± 2.kJ/molCcbLebedev, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1975 
Δfliquid37. ± 3.kJ/molCcbGardner and Grigger, 1963 
Δfliquid41.2 ± 4.2kJ/molCcbRoth and Isecke, 1944Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = 37. ± 2. kJ/mol
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-432. ± 2.kJ/molCcbLebedev, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1975 
Δcliquid-434.7 ± 4.2kJ/molCcbRoth and Isecke, 1944Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -430.5 kJ/mol

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil399.2KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus287.05KN/ATimmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1955Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap49.96kJ/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap43.9 ± 0.4kJ/molCLebedev, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1975ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
43.1301.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 286. to 373. K.; AC
42.9328.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 313. to 373. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984 and Edwards, 1952.; AC
46.6288.N/AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 273. to 313. K. See also Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984 and Nicholson, 1949.; AC
40.74399.2N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
43.1 ± 2.1313.VEdwards, 1952, 2Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = 41. kJ/mol; ALS

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
313. to 373.4.549191582.071-49.74Edwards, 1952, 3Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
273. to 313.1.75688498.772-158.538Nicholson, 1949, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
47.4271.Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 255. to 286. K. See also Seki and Nitta, 1941.; AC

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

Methane, tetranitro- + 6Carbon monoxide = 7Carbon dioxide + 2Nitrogen

By formula: CN4O8 + 6CO = 7CO2 + 2N2

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr-2128. ± 3.kJ/molCcbGardner and Grigger, 1963liquid phase

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled by: Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
12.55PEKoo, Chin, et al., 1990Vertical value

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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Lebedev, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1975
Lebedev, V.P.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Matyushin, Yu.N.; Larionov, V.P.; Romanov, V.S.; Bukolov, Yu.E.; Denisov, G.M.; Balepin, A.A.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Semimicrocalorimetric determination of gas-phase enthalpies of formation of compounds containing nitrogen and oxygen. II. calorimetric determinationi of enthalpies of formation [of Tetranitromethane], Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1975, 49, 1133-1136, In original 1933. [all data]

Gardner and Grigger, 1963
Gardner, D.M.; Grigger, J.C., Heat of formation of tetranitromethane by combustion calorimetry, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 73-74. [all data]

Roth and Isecke, 1944
Roth, W.A.; Isecke, K., Die verbrennungs- und bildungswarme des tetranitromethans, Ber., 1944, 77, 537-539. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [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]

Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1955
Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., Work of the International Bureau of Physical-Chemical Standards. IX. The Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1955, 52, 223. [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]

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]

Edwards, 1952
Edwards, G., The vapour pressure of tetranitromethane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1952, 48, 513, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9524800513 . [all data]

Nicholson, 1949
Nicholson, A.J.C., 331. Some physical properties of tetranitromethane, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1553, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9490001553 . [all data]

Edwards, 1952, 2
Edwards, G., The vapour pressure of tetranitromethane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1952, 48, 000. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Edwards, 1952, 3
Edwards, G., The Vapour Pressure of Tetranitromethane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1952, 48, 513-515, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9524800513 . [all data]

Nicholson, 1949, 2
Nicholson, A.J.C., Some Physical Properties of Tetranitromethane, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 1553-1555, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9490001553 . [all data]

Seki and Nitta, 1941
Seki, S.; Nitta, I., J. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1941, 62, 907. [all data]

Koo, Chin, et al., 1990
Koo, L.K.; Chin, W.S.; Mok, C.Y.; Huang, H.H., A study of the pyrolysis of trinitro- and tetranitromethane by photoelectron spectroscopy, Bull. Singapore Natl. Inst. Chem., 1990, 18, 121. [all data]


Notes

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