Methylene chloride

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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
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
Tboil313. ± 1.KAVGN/AAverage of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus198.06KN/ATimmermans, 1952Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Tfus176.KN/AVan de Vloed, 1939Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1.5 K; TRC
Tfus177.KN/ATimmermans, 1935Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 2. K; TRC
Tfus176.65KN/ATimmermans, 1934Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.4 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc508.KN/AGarcia-Sanchez, Romero-Martinez, et al., 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; mean of 5 determinations, direct observation of meniscus; TRC
Tc510.KN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc62.72atmN/AGarcia-Sanchez, Romero-Martinez, et al., 1989Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 atm; mean of 5 determinations, measurement of P at Tc; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap6.9kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap6.94 ± 0.02kcal/molReviewManion, 2002adopted Majer, Svab, et al., 1980 value plus a correction for non-ideality; DRB
Δvap7.31 ± 0.02kcal/molCAn and Hu, 1989AC
Δvap6.88kcal/molCMajer, Sváb, et al., 1980AC
Δvap6.80 ± 0.10kcal/molVMathews, 1926Reanalyzed by Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986, Original value = 6.61 ± 0.23 kcal/mol; ALS

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
6.707313.N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
7.22248.N/AGaneff and Jungers, 2010Based on data from 233. to 313. K.; AC
6.93326.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 311. to 383. K.; AC
7.24279.EBBoublík and Aim, 1972Based on data from 264. to 311. K.; AC
6.98308.N/AMueller and Ignatowski, 1960Based on data from 303. to 313. K.; AC
7.03186. to 312.N/APerry, 1926AC

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
303.14 to 313.143.967521016.865-56.623Mueller and Ignatowski, 1960, 2Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
233. to 313.4.531201327.016-20.474Ganeff and Jungers, 1948Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.472178.22Moseeva, Rabinovich, et al., 1978DH
1.47178.2Domalski and Hearing, 1996AC

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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Timmermans, 1952
Timmermans, J., Freezing points of organic compounds. VVI New determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1952, 61, 393. [all data]

Van de Vloed, 1939
Van de Vloed, A., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1939, 48, 229. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Timmermans, 1934
Timmermans, J., Theory of Concentrated Solutions XII., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1934, 43, 626. [all data]

Garcia-Sanchez, Romero-Martinez, et al., 1989
Garcia-Sanchez, F.; Romero-Martinez, A.; Trejo Rodriguez, A., Vapour Pressure, Critical Temperature, and Critical Pressure of Dichloro- methane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1989, 21, 823-6. [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]

Manion, 2002
Manion, J.A., Evaluated Enthalpies of Formation of the Stable Closed Shell C1 and C2 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 2002, 31, 1, 123-172, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420703 . [all data]

Majer, Svab, et al., 1980
Majer, V.; Svab, L.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of vaporization and cohesive energies for a group of chlorinated hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1980, 12, 9, 843, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(80)90028-2 . [all data]

An and Hu, 1989
An, Xuwu; Hu, Hui, Enthalpies of Vaporization of Some Multichloro-Alkanes, Acta Phys. Chim. Sin., 1989, 5, 5, 565-571, https://doi.org/10.3866/PKU.WHXB19890511 . [all data]

Majer, Sváb, et al., 1980
Majer, V.; Sváb, L.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of vaporization and cohesive energies for a group of chlorinated hydrocarbons, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1980, 12, 9, 843-847, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(80)90028-2 . [all data]

Mathews, 1926
Mathews, J.H., The accurate measurement of heats of vaporization of liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 562-576. [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]

Ganeff and Jungers, 2010
Ganeff, Jean M.; Jungers, Joseph C., Tensions de vapeur du système CH3Cl «63743» CH2Cl2, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belges, 2010, 57, 1-3, 82-87, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19480570109 . [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]

Boublík and Aim, 1972
Boublík, T.; Aim, K., Heats of vaporization of simple non-spherical molecule compounds, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1972, 37, 11, 3513-3521, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19723513 . [all data]

Mueller and Ignatowski, 1960
Mueller, Charles R.; Ignatowski, Albert J., Equilibrium and Transport Properties of the Carbon Tetrachloride-Methylene Chloride System, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 32, 5, 1430, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1730935 . [all data]

Perry, 1926
Perry, J.H., The Vapor Pressures of Methylene Chloride, J. Phys. Chem., 1926, 31, 11, 1737-1741, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150281a013 . [all data]

Mueller and Ignatowski, 1960, 2
Mueller, C.R.; Ignatowski, A.J., Equilibrium and Transport Properties of the Carbon Tetrachloride-Methylene Chloride System, J. Chem. Phys., 1960, 32, 5, 1430-1434, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1730935 . [all data]

Ganeff and Jungers, 1948
Ganeff, J.M.; Jungers, J.C., Tensions de Vapeur du Systeme CH3Cl - CH2Cl2, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1948, 57, 1-3, 82-87, https://doi.org/10.1002/bscb.19480570109 . [all data]

Moseeva, Rabinovich, et al., 1978
Moseeva, E.M.; Rabinovich, I.B.; Busygina, G.I.; Safonov, V.A.; Ovchinnikov, E.Yu., Thermodynamic proerties of methylene chloride, Termodin. Org. Soedin., Gor'kii, 1978, 1, 8-11. [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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