Urea

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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
Δfsolid-79.62 ± 0.16kcal/molCcbKabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990see Simirsky, Kabo, et al., 1987; ALS
Δfsolid-76.52 ± 0.48kcal/molCcbContineanu, Wagner, et al., 1982ALS
Δfsolid-79.682 ± 0.041kcal/molCcbJohnson, 1975ALS
Δfsolid-79.67 ± 0.05kcal/molCcbHuffman, 1940ALS
Δfsolid-77.34kcal/molCcbSchmidt and Becker, 1933ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-152. ± 2.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
solid,1 bar24.919cal/mol*KN/AAndersson, Matsuo, et al., 1993DH
solid,1 bar25.079cal/mol*KN/AKozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986DH
solid,1 bar25.19cal/mol*KN/AParks, Huffman, et al., 1933Extrapolation below 90 K, 33.18 J/mol*K.; DH
solid,1 bar41.1cal/mol*KN/AGibson, Latimer, et al., 1920Extrapolation below 86 K, no details.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
22.18298.15Andersson, Matsuo, et al., 1993T = 15 to 310 K.; DH
22.5304.7Gambino and Bros, 1988T = 303 to 413 K.; DH
22.25298.15Kozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986T = 5 to 400 K. Cp = 38.43 + 4.98x10-2T + 7.05x10-4T2 - 8.61x10-7T3 (240 to 400 K).; DH
21.5298.15Sasaki and Yokotake, 1966T = 90 to 298 K.; DH
22.26298.15Ruehrwein and Huffman, 1946T = 19 to 318 K.; DH
16.4293.Campbell and Campbell, 1940DH
22.38298.0Parks, Huffman, et al., 1933T = 93 to 298 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
27.61298.0Gibson, Latimer, et al., 1920T = 86 to 300 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

Phase change data

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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
Tfus406. ± 3.KAVGN/AAverage of 8 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Ttriple407.9KN/AFerloni and DellaGatta, 1995Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Ttriple408.KN/AKabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.00001 K; TRC
Ttriple405.8KN/AKozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Ttriple405.8KN/AVogel and Schuberth, 1980Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.2 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub22.8 ± 0.07kcal/molGSEmel'yanenko, Kabo, et al., 2006Based on data from 358. to 402. K.; AC
Δsub23.6kcal/molN/ADe Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983AC
Δsub20.95 ± 0.21kcal/molVSuzuki, Onishi, et al., 1956ALS

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
22.6 ± 0.53370.MEZaitsau, Kabo, et al., 2003Based on data from 329. to 403. K.; AC
22.7 ± 0.53350.MEZaitsau, Kabo, et al., 2003Based on data from 329. to 403. K.; AC
22.6 ± 0.1350.CZaitsau, Kabo, et al., 2003AC
23.3 ± 0.24354.CKabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990see Simirsky, Kabo, et al., 1987; ALS
21.7381.N/AFerro, Barone, et al., 1987AC
21.0357.N/AStephenson and Malanowski, 1987Based on data from 345. to 368. K.; AC
23.2351.TE,MEDe Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983Based on data from 338. to 362. K.; AC
22.8361.N/ATrimble and Voorhoeve, 1978AC
21.0 ± 0.50356.N/ASuzuki, Onishi, et al., 1956, 2Based on data from 345. to 368. K. See also Jones, 1960 and Cox and Pilcher, 1970.; AC
21.1357.N/ABradley and Cleasby, 1953See also De Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
3.5349406.5N/ADella Gatta and Ferro, 1987DH
3.3222405.8N/AKozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986DH
3.4656406.N/AGambino and Bros, 1988DH
3.2529405.8N/AVogel and Schuberth, 1980, 2DH
3.49407.2DSCRai and Rai, 1999AC
3.25405.2DSCJamróz, Palczewska-Tulinska, et al., 1998AC
3.49406.7DSCRai and Rai, 1998AC
3.592407.9DSCFerloni and Gatta, 1995AC
3.090408.1N/AKabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990AC
3.32405.8N/AKozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986, 2AC

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
8.70406.5Della Gatta and Ferro, 1987DH
8.186405.8Kozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986DH
8.53406.Gambino and Bros, 1988DH
8.016405.8Vogel and Schuberth, 1980, 2DH

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References

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Kabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990
Kabo, G.Ya.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Frenkel, M.L.; Kozyro, A.A.; Simirskii, V.V.; Krasulin, A.P.; Vorob'eva, V.P.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of urea alkyl derivatives, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1990, 662-667. [all data]

Simirsky, Kabo, et al., 1987
Simirsky, V.V.; Kabo, G.J.; Frenkel, M.L., Additivity of the enthalpies of formation of urea derivatives in the crystalline state, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 1121-1127. [all data]

Contineanu, Wagner, et al., 1982
Contineanu, I.; Wagner, L.; Stanescu, L.; Marchidan, D.I., Combustion and formation enthalpies of o-phenylenediamine, urea and 2-benzimidazolone, Rev. Roum. Chim., 1982, 27, 205-209. [all data]

Johnson, 1975
Johnson, W.H., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of acetanilide and urea, J. Res. NBS, 1975, 79, 487-491. [all data]

Huffman, 1940
Huffman, H.M., Thermal Data. XII. The heats of combustion of urea and guanidine carbonate and their standard free energies of formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 1009-1011. [all data]

Schmidt and Becker, 1933
Schmidt, V.A.; Becker, F., Die Bildungswarme von Nitrocellulofen, Nitroglycerin und anderen widuigen Beltandteilen von Treibmitteln, Z. Gesamte Schiess Sprengstoffwes., 1933, 33, 280-282. [all data]

Andersson, Matsuo, et al., 1993
Andersson, O.; Matsuo, T.; Suga, H.; Ferloni, P., Low-temperature heat capacity of urea, Int. J. Thermophys., 1993, 14(1), 149-158. [all data]

Kozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986
Kozyro, A.A.; Dalidovich, S.V.; Krasulin, A.P., Heat capacity, enthalpy of fusion, and thermodynamic properties of urea, Zhur. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1986, 59, 1456-1459. [all data]

Parks, Huffman, et al., 1933
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M.; Barmore, M., Thermal data on organic compounds. XI. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of ten compounds containing oxygen or nitrogen. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1933, 55, 2733-2740. [all data]

Gibson, Latimer, et al., 1920
Gibson, G.E.; Latimer, W.M.; Parks, G.S., Entropy changes at low temperatures. I. Formic acid and urea. A test of the third law of thermodynamics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1920, 42, 1533-1542. [all data]

Gambino and Bros, 1988
Gambino, M.; Bros, J.P., Capacite calorifique de l'uree et de quelques melanges eutectiques a base d'uree entre 30 et 140°C, Thermochim. Acta, 1988, 127, 223-236. [all data]

Sasaki and Yokotake, 1966
Sasaki, K.; Yokotake, T., Thermodynamic properties of the products in SO3-NH3 reaction. II. Specific heats of sulfamide and ammonium sulfamate, Tokyo Kogyo Shikenshi Hokohu, 1966, 61, 309-314. [all data]

Ruehrwein and Huffman, 1946
Ruehrwein, R.A.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data. XIX. The heat capacity, entropy and free energy of urea, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1759-1761. [all data]

Campbell and Campbell, 1940
Campbell, A.N.; Campbell, A.J.R., The heats of solution, heats of formation, specific heats and equilibrium diagrams of certain molecular compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 291-297. [all data]

Ferloni and DellaGatta, 1995
Ferloni, P.; DellaGatta, G., Heat capacities of urea, N-methylurea, N-ethylurea, N-(n)propylurea, and N- (n)butylurea in the range 200 to 360 K, Thermochim. Acta, 1995, 266, 203-12. [all data]

Kabo, Miroshnichenko, et al., 1990, 2
Kabo, G.Ya.; Miroshnichenko, E.A.; Frenkel, M.L.; Kozyro, A.A.; Simirsky, V.V.; Krasulin, A.P.; Vorob'eva, V.P.; Lebedev, Yu.A., Thermochemistry of Alkyl Derivatives of Urea, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Khim., 1990, No. 4, 750-5. [all data]

Kozyro, Dalidovich, et al., 1986, 2
Kozyro, A.A.; Dalidovich, S.V.; Krausulin, A.P., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (S.-Peterburg), 1986, 59, 1456. [all data]

Vogel and Schuberth, 1980
Vogel, L.; Schuberth, H., Some physicochemical data of urea near the melting point<, Chem. Tech. (Leipzig), 1980, 32, 143. [all data]

Emel'yanenko, Kabo, et al., 2006
Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Kabo, Gennady J.; Verevkin, Sergey P., Measurement and Prediction of Thermochemical Properties: Improved Increments for the Estimation of Enthalpies of Sublimation and Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Alkyl Derivatives of Urea, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 1, 79-87, https://doi.org/10.1021/je050230z . [all data]

De Wit, Van Miltenburg, et al., 1983
De Wit, H.G.M.; Van Miltenburg, J.C.; De Kruif, C.G., Thermodynamic properties of molecular organic crystals containing nitrogen, oxygen, and sulphur 1. Vapour pressures and enthalpies of sublimation, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1983, 15, 7, 651-663, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(83)90079-4 . [all data]

Suzuki, Onishi, et al., 1956
Suzuki, K.; Onishi, S.; Koide, T.; Seki, S., Vapor pressures of molecular crystals. XI. Vapor pressures of crystalline urea and diformylhydrazine. Energies of hydrogen bonds in these crystals, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1956, 29, 127. [all data]

Zaitsau, Kabo, et al., 2003
Zaitsau, Dz; Kabo, G.J.; Kozyro, A.A.; Sevruk, V.M., The effect of the failure of isotropy of a gas in an effusion cell on the vapor pressure and enthalpy of sublimation for alkyl derivatives of carbamide, Thermochimica Acta, 2003, 406, 1-2, 17-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031(03)00231-4 . [all data]

Ferro, Barone, et al., 1987
Ferro, D.; Barone, G.; Della Gatta, G.; Piacente, V., Vapour pressures and sublimation enthalpies of urea and some of its derivatives, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1987, 19, 9, 915-923, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(87)90038-3 . [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]

Trimble and Voorhoeve, 1978
Trimble, L.E.; Voorhoeve, R.J.H., Continuous colorimetric monitoring of vapour-phase urea and cyanates, Analyst, 1978, 103, 1228, 759, https://doi.org/10.1039/an9780300759 . [all data]

Suzuki, Onishi, et al., 1956, 2
Suzuki, Keisuke; Onishi, Shun-ichi; Koide, Tsutomu; Seki, Syuzo, Vapor Pressures of Molecular Crystals. XI. Vapor Pressures of Crystalline Urea and Diformylhydrazine. Energies of Hydrogen Bonds in these Crystals, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1956, 29, 1, 127-131, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.29.127 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press Inc., London, 1970, 643. [all data]

Bradley and Cleasby, 1953
Bradley, R.S.; Cleasby, T.G., 346. The vapour pressure and lattice energy of hydrogen-bonded crystals. Part I. Oxamide, oxamic acid, and rubeanic acid, J. Chem. Soc., 1953, 1681, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9530001681 . [all data]

Della Gatta and Ferro, 1987
Della Gatta, G.; Ferro, D., Enthalpies of fusion and solid-to-solid transition, entropies of fusion for urea and twelve alkylureas, Thermochim. Acta, 1987, 122, 143-152. [all data]

Vogel and Schuberth, 1980, 2
Vogel, L.; Schuberth, H., Some physicochemical data of urea near the melting point, Chem. Tech. (Leipzig), 1980, 32, 143-144. [all data]

Rai and Rai, 1999
Rai, U.S.; Rai, R.N., Some Physicochemical Studies on Organic Eutectics and Molecular Complex: Urea -- p-nitrophenol System, J. Mater. Res., 1999, 14, 04, 1299-1305, https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1999.0177 . [all data]

Jamróz, Palczewska-Tulinska, et al., 1998
Jamróz, Malgorzata E.; Palczewska-Tulinska, Marcela; Wyrzykowska-Stankiewicz, Danuta; Szafranski, Andrzej M.; Polaczek, Jerzy; Dobrowolski, Jan Cz.; Jamróz, Michal H.; Mazurek, Aleksander P., The urea--phenol(s) systems, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 1998, 152, 2, 307-326, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(98)90206-0 . [all data]

Rai and Rai, 1998
Rai, U.S.; Rai, R.N., Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 1998, 53, 3, 883-893, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010190402954 . [all data]

Ferloni and Gatta, 1995
Ferloni, Paolo; Gatta, Giuseppe Della, Heat capacities of urea, N-methylurea, N-ethylurea, N-(n)propylurea, and N-(n)butylurea in the range 200 to 360 K, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 266, 203-212, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)02453-0 . [all data]


Notes

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