n-Hexane

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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-47.48 ± 0.16kcal/molCcbGood and Smith, 1969ALS
Δfliquid-47.52 ± 0.19kcal/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-995. ± 4.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid70.760cal/mol*KN/ADouslin and Huffman, 1946DH
liquid69.19cal/mol*KN/AStull, 1937Extrapolation below 91 K, 54.68 J/mol*K.; DH
liquid70.60cal/mol*KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1931Extrapolation below 90 K, 64.02 J/mol*K.; DH
liquid71.10cal/mol*KN/AParks, Huffman, et al., 1930Extrapolation below 90 K, 65.44 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
63.38298.15Pruzan, 1991DH
46.730298.15Ohnishi, Fujihara, et al., 1989DH
47.242298.15Andreoli-Ball, Patterson, et al., 1988DH
47.242298.15Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988DH
46.759298.15Saito and Tanaka, 1988DH
46.807298.15Benson and D'Arcy, 1986DH
48.52308.35Naziev, Bashirov, et al., 1986T = 308.35, 333.15. p = 0.1 MPa. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 2.356 kJ/kg*K.; DH
47.242298.15Tardajos, Aicart, et al., 1986DH
46.597298.15Costas and Patterson, 1985T = 283.15, 298.15, 313.15 K.; DH
46.797298.15Benson, D'Arcy, et al., 1984DH
46.685298.15Bravo, Pintos, et al., 1984DH
46.87297.32Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984T = 293 to 324 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 2.276 kJ/kg*K.; DH
46.797298.15Aicart, Kumaran, et al., 1983DH
46.797298.15Benson, D'Arcy, et al., 1983DH
46.685298.15Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1982DH
46.63298.Zaripov, 1982T = 298, 323 K.; DH
46.788298.15Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1981DH
46.759297.316Kalinowska, Jedlinska, et al., 1980T = 185 to 300 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
44.02300.Czarnota, 1979DH
46.89298.Grigor'ev, Rastorguev, et al., 1975T = 300 to 463 K.; DH
47.44298.15Diaz pena and Renuncio, 1974T = 298 to 325 K.; DH
46.869299.8Connolly, Sage, et al., 1951T = 80 to 200°F.; DH
46.599298.15Douslin and Huffman, 1946T = 13 to 300 K.; DH
44.50300.7Phillip, 1939DH
45.20298.1Stull, 1937T = 90 to 320 K. Hump about 262 K with abnormal curve to 320 K.; DH
46.20293.5Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931T = 140 to 294 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
45.79295.1Parks, Huffman, et al., 1930T = 90 to 295 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
46.39298.von Reis, 1881T = 290 to 363 K.; DH

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.

Good and Smith, 1969
Good, W.D.; Smith, N.K., Enthalpies of combustion of toluene, benzene, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, methylcyclopentane, 1-methylcyclopentene, and n-hexane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1969, 14, 102-106. [all data]

Prosen and Rossini, 1945
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion and formation of the paraffin hydrocarbons at 25° C, J. Res. NBS, 1945, 263-267. [all data]

Douslin and Huffman, 1946
Douslin, D.R.; Huffman, H.M., Low-temperature thermal data on the five isometric hexanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1946, 68, 1704-1708. [all data]

Stull, 1937
Stull, D.R., A semi-micro calorimeter for measuring heat capacities at low temperatures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2726-2733. [all data]

Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931
Huffman, H.M.; Parks, G.S.; Barmore, M., Thermal data on organic compounds. X. Further studies on the heat capacities, entropies and free energies of hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1931, 53, 3876-3888. [all data]

Parks, Huffman, et al., 1930
Parks, G.S.; Huffman, H.M.; Thomas, S.B., Thermal data on organic compounds. VI. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of some saturated, non-benzenoid hydrocarbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1930, 52, 1032-1041. [all data]

Pruzan, 1991
Pruzan, P., Thermophysical properties of liquid n-hexane at temperatures from 243 K to 473 K and at pressures to 500 MPa, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1991, 23, 247-259. [all data]

Ohnishi, Fujihara, et al., 1989
Ohnishi, K.; Fujihara, I.; Murakami, S., Thermodynamic properties of decalins mixed with hexane isomers at 298.15K. 1. Excess enthalpies and excess isobaric heat capacities, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1989, 46, 59-72. [all data]

Andreoli-Ball, Patterson, et al., 1988
Andreoli-Ball, L.; Patterson, D.; Costas, M.; Caceres-Alonso, M., Heat capacity and corresponding states in alkan-1-ol-n-alkane systems, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1988, 84(11), 3991-4012. [all data]

Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988
Perez-Casas, S.; Aicart, E.; Trojo, L.M.; Costas, M., Excess heat capacity. Chlorobenzene-2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, Int. Data Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, 1988, (2)A, 123. [all data]

Saito and Tanaka, 1988
Saito, A.; Tanaka, R., Excess volumes and heat capacities of binary mixtures formed from cyclohexane, hexane and heptane at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1988, 20, 859-865. [all data]

Benson and D'Arcy, 1986
Benson, G.C.; D'Arcy, P.J., Heat capacities of binary mixtures of n-octane with each of the hexane isomers at 298.15 K, Can. J. Chem., 1986, 64, 2139-2141. [all data]

Naziev, Bashirov, et al., 1986
Naziev, Ya.M.; Bashirov, M.M.; Badalov, Yu.A., Experimental study of isobaric specific heat of higher alcohols at high pressures, Inzh.-Fiz. Zhur., 1986, 51, 998-1004. [all data]

Tardajos, Aicart, et al., 1986
Tardajos, G.; Aicart, E.; Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Liquid structure and second-order mixing functions for benzene, toluene, and p-xylene with n-alkanes, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1986, 1 82, 2977-2987. [all data]

Costas and Patterson, 1985
Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Self-association of alcohols in inert solvents, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1985, 81, 635-654. [all data]

Benson, D'Arcy, et al., 1984
Benson, G.C.; D'Arcy, P.J.; Kumaran, M.K., Heat capacities of binary mixtures of n-heptane with hexane isomers, Thermochim. Acta, 1984, 75, 353-360. [all data]

Bravo, Pintos, et al., 1984
Bravo, R.; Pintos, M.; Baluja, M.C.; Paz Andrade, M.I.; Roux-Desgranges, G.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Excess volumes excess heat capacities of some mixtures: (an isomer of hexanol + an n-alkane) at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1984, 16, 73-79. [all data]

Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984
Grigor'ev, B.A.; Andolenko, R.A., Investigation of the isobaric heat capacity of n-paraffinic hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure, Izv. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zaved., Neft i Gaz, 1984, (2), 60-62. [all data]

Aicart, Kumaran, et al., 1983
Aicart, E.; Kumaran, M.K.; Halpin, C.J.; Benson, G.C., Ultrasonic speeds and isentropic compressibilities of 2-methylpentan-1-ol with hexane isomers at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1983, 15, 1189-1197. [all data]

Benson, D'Arcy, et al., 1983
Benson, G.C.; D'Arcy, P.J.; Sugamori, M.E., Heat capacities of binary mixtures of 1-hexanol with hexane isomers at 298.15 K, Thermochim. Acta, 1983, 71, 161-166. [all data]

Wilhelm, Inglese, et al., 1982
Wilhelm, E.; Inglese, A.; Quint, J.R.; Grolier, J.-P.E., Molar excess volumes and excess heat capacities of (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene + an alkane), J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1982, 14, 303-308. [all data]

Zaripov, 1982
Zaripov, Z.I., Experimental study of the isobaric heat capacity of liquid organic compounds with molecular weights of up to 4000 a.e.m., 1982, Teplomassoobmen Teplofiz. [all data]

Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1981
Grolier, J.P.E.; Inglese, A.; Roux, A.H.; Wilhelm, E., Thermodynamics of (1-chloronaphthalene + n-alkane): excess enthalpies, excess volumes and excess heat capacities, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1981, 85, 768-772. [all data]

Kalinowska, Jedlinska, et al., 1980
Kalinowska, B.; Jedlinska, J.; Woycicki, W.; Stecki, J., Heat capacities of liquids at temperatures between 90 and 300 K and at atmospheric pressure. I. Method and apparatus, and the heat capacities of n-heptane, n-hexane, and n-propanol, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1980, 12, 891-896. [all data]

Czarnota, 1979
Czarnota, I., Calorimetric system for measurement of specific heat capacity of liquids, Cp, at high pressures, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Chim., 1979, 10, 763-772. [all data]

Grigor'ev, Rastorguev, et al., 1975
Grigor'ev, B.A.; Rastorguev, Yu.L.; Yanin, G.S., Experimental determination of the isobaric specific heat of n-alkanes, Iz. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Neft Gaz 18, 1975, No.10, 63-66. [all data]

Diaz pena and Renuncio, 1974
Diaz pena, M.D.; Renuncio, J.A.R., Construccion de un calorimetro adiabatico. Capacidad calorifica de mezclas n-hexano + n-hexadecano, An. Quim., 1974, 70, 113-120. [all data]

Connolly, Sage, et al., 1951
Connolly, T.J.; Sage, B.H.; Lacey, W.N., Isobaric heat capacities at bubble point. n-Hexane, methylcyclopentane, and n-octane, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1951, 43, 946-950. [all data]

Phillip, 1939
Phillip, N.M., Adiabatic and isothermal compressibilities of liquids, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., 1939, A9, 109-120. [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]


Notes

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