Tetrafluoromethane

• Formula: CF₄
• Molecular weight: 88.0043
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CF4/c2-1(3,4)5 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: TXEYQDLBPFQVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-73-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Carbon tetrafluoride; Methane, tetrafluoro-; Arcton 0; Carbon fluoride (CF4); Freon 14; FC 14; Perfluoromethane; CF4; Halon 14; Carbon fluoride; F 14; Halocarbon 14; R 14; UN 1982; Refrigerant 14; CFC 14; R 14 (Refrigerant); Refrigerant R 14; Methane, tetrafluo-
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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

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (100 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY COBLENTZ SOCIETY (BATCH II) FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

• gas

Data compiled by: Pamela M. Chu, Franklin R. Guenther, George C. Rhoderick, and Walter J. Lafferty

• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); 3-Term B-H Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Boxcar Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Happ Genzel Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); NB Strong Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution
• gas; IFS66V (Bruker); Triangular Apodization
  0.1250, 0.2410, 0.4820, 0.9640, 1.9290 cm^-1 resolution

References

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Price and Sapiano, 1979
Price, S.J.W.; Sapiano, H.J., Determination of ΔH°_f298(C₆F₁₀,g) and ΔH°_f298(C₆F₁₂,g) from studies of the combustion of decafluorocyclohexene and dodecafluorocylohexene in oxygen and calculation of the resonance energy of hexafluorobenzene, Can. J. Chem., 1979, 58, 685-688. [all data]

Krech, Price, et al., 1973
Krech, M.J.; Price, S.J.W.; Yared, W.F., Determination of the heat of formation of octafluorotoluene and calculation of D[C₆F₅-F] - D[C₆F₅-CF₃], Can. J. Chem., 1973, 51, 3662-3664. [all data]

Smith and Pace, 1969
Smith, J.H.; Pace, E.L., The thermodynamic properties of carbon tetrafluoride from 12°K to its boiling point. The significance of the parameter {nu}, J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 4232-4236. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions

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