p-n-Octadecyloxybenzoic acid

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
34.7320.Ikeda and Hatakeyama, 1976T = 320 to 420 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum for c,I phase.

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus378.KN/AHerbert, 1967Smectic liquid crystal phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC

Temperature of phase transition

Ttrs (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
342.5crystaline, III, c,IIIliquid, smectic transition temperatureIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH

Enthalpy of phase transition

ΔHtrs (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
16.085379.5crystaline, IliquidIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH
9.2973371.0crystaline, IIliquidIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH
3.1788408.5liquidliquidIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH

Entropy of phase transition

ΔStrs (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Initial Phase Final Phase Reference Comment
42.3379.5crystaline, I, c,Iliquid, smectic transitionIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH
25.1371.0crystaline, II, c,IIliquid, smectic transitionIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH
7.9408.5liquid, Smecticliquid, isotropicIkeda and Hatakeyama, 1976DH

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References

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Ikeda and Hatakeyama, 1976
Ikeda, M.; Hatakeyama, T., Thermal studies on the phase transition of p-n-Octadecyloxybenzoic acid (Part I), Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 1976, 33, 201-212. [all data]

Herbert, 1967
Herbert, A.J., Transition temperatures and transition energies of the p-n-alkoxy benzoic acids, from n-propyl to n-octadecyl, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1967, 63, 555, https://doi.org/10.1039/tf9676300555 . [all data]


Notes

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