Acetic acid

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Condensed phase thermochemistry 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:
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-115.56 ± 0.086kcal/molCcbSteele, Chirico, et al., 1997ALS
Δfliquid-115.80 ± 0.05kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964ALS
Δfliquid-115.7 ± 0.1kcal/molCcbEvans and Skinner, 1959ALS
Δfliquid-116.4kcal/molCmCarson and Skinner, 1949Unpublished result by Rossini; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-209.17 ± 0.081kcal/molCcbSteele, Chirico, et al., 1997Corresponding Δfliquid = -115.56 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-208.94 ± 0.05kcal/molCcbLebedeva, 1964Corresponding Δfliquid = -115.79 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-209.0 ± 0.1kcal/molCcbEvans and Skinner, 1959Corresponding Δfliquid = -115.7 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcliquid-208.5kcal/molCcbSchjanberg, 1935Corresponding Δfliquid = -116.2 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid37.76cal/mol*KN/AMartin and Andon, 1982DH
liquid46.30cal/mol*KN/AParks and Kelley, 1925Extrapolation below 90 K. 76.82 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
29.42298.15Martin and Andon, 1982T = 13 to 450 K. Data also given by equation.; DH
33.39332.Swietoslawski and Zielenkiewicz, 1958Mean value 22 to 96°C.; DH
28.80298.Radulescu and Jula, 1934DH
28.99297.1Neumann, 1932T = 23.9 to 80.5°C. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
38.19298.1Parks, Kelley, et al., 1929Extrapolation below 90 K, 42.68 J/mol*K. Revision of previous data.; DH
29.49294.7Parks and Kelley, 1925T = 87 to 295 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
32.7287. to 335.Pickering, 1895T = 260 to 335 K.; DH
29.52298.von Reis, 1881T = 292 to 358 K.; DH

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
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
Tboil391.2 ± 0.6KAVGN/AAverage of 80 out of 90 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus289.6 ± 0.5KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple289.8KN/AWilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.05 K; TRC
Ttriple289.69KN/AMartin and Andon, 1982, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 K; TRC
Ttriple289.8KN/AParks and Kelley, 1925, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.15 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tc593. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 10 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Pc57.05atmN/AAndereya and Chase, 1990Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.20 atm; TRC
Pc57.5279atmN/AD'Souza and Teja, 1987Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.89 atm; Ambrose's procedure; TRC
Pc57.10atmN/AAmbrose, Ellender, et al., 1977Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.08 atm; TRC
Pc57.11atmN/AYoung, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.99995 atm; TRC
Pc57.110atmN/AYoung, 1891Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2631 atm; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
ρc5.84mol/lN/AVandana and Teja, 1995Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 mol/l; TRC
ρc5.838mol/lN/AYoung, 1910Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.02 mol/l; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap12.0kcal/molCGCVerevkin, 2000Based on data from 303. to 378. K.; AC
Δvap12.3kcal/molN/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
Δvap12.3 ± 0.36kcal/molCKonicek and Wadso, 1970ALS
Δvap12.3 ± 0.38kcal/molCKonicek, Wadsö, et al., 1970AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
5.66391.1N/AMajer and Svoboda, 1985 
9.35360.EBMuñoz and Krähenbühl, 2001Based on data from 345. to 383. K.; AC
9.78335.N/AVercher, Vázquez, et al., 2001Based on data from 320. to 395. K.; AC
9.06406.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 391. to 550. K.; AC
10.0305.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 290. to 396. K.; AC
9.25406.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 391. to 447. K.; AC
9.11452.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 437. to 535. K.; AC
9.27540.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 525. to 593. K.; AC
9.94304.AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 289. to 392. K. See also Dykyj, 1970.; AC
10.3308.N/ATamir, Dragoescu, et al., 1983AC
9.63340.N/AMcDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959Based on data from 325. to 391. K.; AC
9.94318.MMPotter and Ritter, 1954Based on data from 303. to 399. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

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

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Temperature (K) 298. to 392.
A (kcal/mol) 5.459
α 0.0184
β -0.0454
Tc (K) 592.7
ReferenceMajer and Svoboda, 1985

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
290.26 to 391.014.676351642.54-39.764McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
16.1 ± 0.2223.TE,MECalis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978Based on data from 213. to 230. K.; AC
17. ± 0.2213.TE,MECalis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978Based on data from 213. to 230. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
2.801298.7Domalski and Hearing, 1996See also Martin and Andon, 1982.; AC
2.8031289.9Parks and Kelley, 1925DH
2.588289.8Louguinine and Dupont, 1911AC
2.753283.7Meyer, 1910AC
2.6592290.06Pickering, 1895DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
9.673289.9Parks and Kelley, 1925DH
9.168290.06Pickering, 1895DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
2.8011298.69crystaline, IliquidMartin and Andon, 1982DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
9.68298.69crystaline, IliquidMartin and Andon, 1982DH

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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.

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Cowell, A.B.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Thermodynamic properties and ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for 2-aminoisobutyric acid (2-methylalanine), acetic acid, (4-methyl-3-penten-2-one), 4-methylpent-1-ene, 2,2'-bis(phenylthio)propane, and glycidyl phenyl ether (1,2-epoxy-3-phenoxypropane), J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1052-1066. [all data]

Lebedeva, 1964
Lebedeva, N.D., Heats of combustion of monocarboxylic acids, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1964, 38, 1435-1437. [all data]

Evans and Skinner, 1959
Evans, F.W.; Skinner, H.A., The heat of combustion of acetic acid, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 260-261. [all data]

Carson and Skinner, 1949
Carson, A.S.; Skinner, H.A., 201. Carbon-halogen bond energies in the acetyl halides, J. Chem. Soc., 1949, 936-939. [all data]

Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Martin and Andon, 1982
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 679-688. [all data]

Parks and Kelley, 1925
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., Thermal data on organic compounds. II. The heat capacities of five organic compounds. The entropies and free energies of some homologous series of aliphatic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 2089-2097. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Zielenkiewicz, 1958
Swietoslawski, W.; Zielenkiewicz, A., Mean specific heat of some ternary azeotropes, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. Ser. Sci. Chim., 1958, 6, 365-366. [all data]

Radulescu and Jula, 1934
Radulescu, D.; Jula, O., Beiträge zur Bestimmung der Abstufung der Polarität des Aminstickstoffes in den organischen Verbindungen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1934, B26, 390-393. [all data]

Neumann, 1932
Neumann, M.B., Die Untersuchung der Wärmekapazität vom binären System CH3COOH + H2O bei verschiedenen Temperaturen, Z. Phys. Chem., 1932, A158, 258-264. [all data]

Parks, Kelley, et al., 1929
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data on organic compounds. V. A revision of the entropies and free energies of nineteen organic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 1969-1973. [all data]

Pickering, 1895
Pickering, S.U., A comparison of some properties of acetic acid and its chloro- and bromo-derivatives, J. Chem. Soc., 1895, 67, 664-684. [all data]

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Wilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985
Wilhoit, R.C.; Chao, J.; Hall, K.R., Thermodynamic Properties of Key Organic Compounds in the Carbon Range C1 to C4. Part 1. Properties of Condensed Phases, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1985, 14, 1. [all data]

Martin and Andon, 1982, 2
Martin, J.F.; Andon, R.J.L., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part LII. Molar heat capacity of ethanoic, propanoic, and butanoic acids., J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1982, 14, 679-88. [all data]

Parks and Kelley, 1925, 2
Parks, G.S.; Kelley, K.K., Thermal Data on Organic Compounds II. The Heat Capacities of Five Organic Compounds. The Entropies and Free Energies of Some Homologous Series of Aliphatic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 2089-97. [all data]

Andereya and Chase, 1990
Andereya, E.; Chase, J.D., Chem. Eng. Technol., 1990, 13, 304-12. [all data]

D'Souza and Teja, 1987
D'Souza, R.; Teja, A.S., The prediction of the vapor pressures of carboxylic acids, Chem. Eng. Commun., 1987, 61, 13. [all data]

Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1977
Ambrose, D.; Ellender, J.H.; Sprake, C.H.S.; Townsend, R., Thermo. Prop. of Org. Oxygen Compounds XLV. The Vapor Pressure of Acetic Acid, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 735. [all data]

Young, 1910
Young, S., The Internal Heat of Vaporization constants of thirty pure substances, Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1910, 12, 374. [all data]

Young, 1891
Young, S., J. Chem. Soc., 1891, 59, 903. [all data]

Vandana and Teja, 1995
Vandana, V.; Teja, A.S., The critical temperatures and densities of acetic acid-water mixtures, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1995, 103, 113-18. [all data]

Verevkin, 2000
Verevkin, S.P., Measurement and Prediction of the Monocarboxylic Acids Thermochemical Properties, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2000, 45, 5, 953-960, https://doi.org/10.1021/je990282m . [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]

Konicek and Wadso, 1970
Konicek, J.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds. VII. Some carboxylic acids, Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 2612-26. [all data]

Konicek, Wadsö, et al., 1970
Konicek, Jiri; Wadsö, Ingemar; Munch-Petersen, J.; Ohlson, Ragnar; Shimizu, Akira, Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds. VII. Some Carboxylic Acids., Acta Chem. Scand., 1970, 24, 2612-2616, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.24-2612 . [all data]

Muñoz and Krähenbühl, 2001
Muñoz, Laura A.L.; Krähenbühl, M. Alvina, Isobaric Vapor Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Data of the Systems n -Butanol + Butyric Acid and n -Butanol + Acetic Acid, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 1, 120-124, https://doi.org/10.1021/je000033u . [all data]

Vercher, Vázquez, et al., 2001
Vercher, Ernesto; Vázquez, M. Isabel; Martínez-Andreu, Antoni, Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for Water + Acetic Acid + Lithium Acetate, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 6, 1584-1588, https://doi.org/10.1021/je010106p . [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
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Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [all data]

Tamir, Dragoescu, et al., 1983
Tamir, Abraham; Dragoescu, Claudia; Apelblat, Alexander; Wisniak, Jaime, Heats of vaporization and vapor-liquid equilibria in associated solutions containing formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid and carbon tetrachloride, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1983, 10, 1, 9-42, https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3812(83)80002-8 . [all data]

McDonald, Shrader, et al., 1959
McDonald, R.A.; Shrader, S.A.; Stull, D.R., Vapor Pressures and Freezing Points of Thirty Pure Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1959, 4, 4, 311-313, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60004a009 . [all data]

Potter and Ritter, 1954
Potter, Andrew E.; Ritter, H.L., The Vapor Pressure of Acetic Acid and Acetic-d 3 Acid-d. The Liquid Density of Acetic-d 3 Acid-d, J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 11, 1040-1042, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150521a025 . [all data]

Calis-Van Ginkel, Calis, et al., 1978
Calis-Van Ginkel, C.H.D.; Calis, G.H.M.; Timmermans, C.W.M.; de Kruif, C.G.; Oonk, H.A.J., Enthalpies of sublimation and dimerization in the vapour phase of formic, acetic, propanoic, and butanoic acids, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1978, 10, 11, 1083-1088, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(78)90082-4 . [all data]

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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]

Louguinine and Dupont, 1911
Louguinine, W.; Dupont, G., Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1911, 9, 219. [all data]

Meyer, 1910
Meyer, J., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1910, 72, 225. [all data]


Notes

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