Octane

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Gas 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:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-49.88kcal/molN/AGood, 1972Value computed using ΔfHliquid° value of -250.3±1.8 kj/mol from Good, 1972 and ΔvapH° value of 41.6 kj/mol from Prosen and Rossini, 1945.; DRB
Δfgas-49.82 ± 0.16kcal/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945see Prosen and Rossini, 1944; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
gas111.63 ± 0.22cal/mol*KN/AScott D.W., 1974This reference does not contain the original experimental data. Experimental entropy value is based on the results [ Messerly J.F., 1967] for S(liquid).; GT

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
55.63 ± 0.11385.65Hossenlopp I.A., 1981Please also see Barrow G.M., 1951.; GT
57.11 ± 0.11398.15
58.000405.7
59.89 ± 0.12423.15
62.86 ± 0.13448.15
64.699462.5
65.69 ± 0.13473.15
68.35 ± 0.14498.15
70.600522.7
70.98 ± 0.14523.15

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Cp,gas (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
34.601200.Scott D.W., 1974, 2Recommended values were obtained from the consistent correlation scheme for alkanes [ Scott D.W., 1974, Scott D.W., 1974, 2]. This approach gives a better agreement with experimental data than the statistical thermodynamics calculation [ Pitzer K.S., 1944, Pitzer K.S., 1946].; GT
41.991273.15
44.88 ± 0.1298.15
45.100300.
57.299400.
68.549500.
78.100600.
86.099700.
92.801800.
98.401900.
103.101000.
107.201100.
110.701200.
114.001300.
117.001400.
119.001500.

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-59.82 ± 0.42kcal/molCcbGood, 1972ALS
Δfliquid-59.74 ± 0.20kcal/molCcbProsen and Rossini, 1945see Prosen and Rossini, 1944; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcliquid-1300. ± 30.kcal/molAVGN/AAverage of 6 values; Individual data points
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
liquid86.329cal/mol*KN/AFinke, Gross, et al., 1954DH
liquid85.99cal/mol*KN/AHuffman, Parks, et al., 1931Extrapolation below 90 K, 75.73 J/mol*K.; DH
liquid85.99cal/mol*KN/AParks, Huffman, et al., 1930Extrapolation below 90 K, 77.19 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Cp,liquid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
60.87299.Czarnota, 1993DH
62.667318.15Banipal, Garg, et al., 1991T = 318 to 373 K. p = 0.1 MPa.; DH
61.109298.15Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991DH
61.109298.15Andreoli-Ball, Patterson, et al., 1988DH
61.109298.15Perez-Casas, Aicart, et al., 1988DH
60.734298.15Benson and D'Arcy, 1986DH
61.109298.15Tardajos, Aicart, et al., 1986DH
60.750298.15Lainez, Grolier, et al., 1985DH
60.641298.15Lainez, Rodrigo, et al., 1985DH
60.33297.54Grigor'ev and Andolenko, 1984T = 297 to 410 K. Unsmoothed experimental datum given as 2.210 KJ/kg*K.; DH
60.712298.15Roux, Grolier, et al., 1984DH
60.33298.Zaripov, 1982T = 298, 323, 363 K.; DH
60.724298.15Grolier, Inglese, et al., 1981DH
60.449298.15Shakirov and Lyubarskii, 1980T = 65 to 300 K.; DH
60.52298.Grigor'ev, Rastorguev, et al., 1975T = 305 to 463 K.; DH
60.741298.15Finke, Gross, et al., 1954T = 12 to 300 K.; DH
60.691299.8Connolly, Sage, et al., 1951T = 80 to 200 F.; DH
60.681298.15Osborne and Ginnings, 1947T = 293 to 318 K.; DH
60.11298.3Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931T = 92 to 298 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH
59.20293.7Parks, Huffman, et al., 1930T = 85 to 294 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

References

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Good, 1972
Good, W.D., The enthalpies of combustion and formation of n-octane and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1972, 4, 709-714. [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]

Prosen and Rossini, 1944
Prosen, E.J.; Rossini, F.D., Heats of combustion of eight normal paraffin hydrocarbons in the liquid state, J. Res. NBS, 1944, 33, 255-272. [all data]

Scott D.W., 1974
Scott D.W., Correlation of the chemical thermodynamic properties of alkane hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 3144-3165. [all data]

Messerly J.F., 1967
Messerly J.F., Low-temperature thermal data for n-pentane, n-heptadecane, and n-octadecane. Revised thermodynamic functions for the n-alkanes, C5-C18, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1967, 12, 338-346. [all data]

Hossenlopp I.A., 1981
Hossenlopp I.A., Vapor heat capacities and enthalpies of vaporization of five alkane hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 415-421. [all data]

Barrow G.M., 1951
Barrow G.M., Experimental vapor heat capacities and heats of vaporization of seven octanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 1824-1826. [all data]

Scott D.W., 1974, 2
Scott D.W., Chemical Thermodynamic Properties of Hydrocarbons and Related Substances. Properties of the Alkane Hydrocarbons, C1 through C10 in the Ideal Gas State from 0 to 1500 K. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Bulletin 666, 1974. [all data]

Pitzer K.S., 1944
Pitzer K.S., Thermodynamics of gaseous paraffins. Specific heat and related properties, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1944, 36, 829-831. [all data]

Pitzer K.S., 1946
Pitzer K.S., The entropies and related properties of branched paraffin hydrocarbons, Chem. Rev., 1946, 39, 435-447. [all data]

Finke, Gross, et al., 1954
Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Waddington, G.; Huffman, H.M., Low-temperature thermal data for the nine normal paraffin hydrocarbons from octane to hexadecane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 333-341. [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]

Czarnota, 1993
Czarnota, I., Heat capacity of octane at high pressures, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1993, 25, 355-359. [all data]

Banipal, Garg, et al., 1991
Banipal, T.S.; Garg, S.K.; Ahluwalia, J.C., Heat capacities and densities of liquid n-octane, n-nonane, n-decane, and n-hexadecane at temperatures from 318.15 to 373.15 K and at pressures up to 10 MPa, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1991, 23, 923-931. [all data]

Trejo, Costas, et al., 1991
Trejo, L.M.; Costas, M.; Patterson, D., Excess heat capacity of organic mixtures, Internat. DATA Series, Selected Data Mixt., 1991, Ser. [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]

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]

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]

Lainez, Grolier, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar heat capacity and excess molar volume of 1,6-dichlorohexane + n-octane, Thermochim. Acta, 1985, 91, 243-248. [all data]

Lainez, Rodrigo, et al., 1985
Lainez, A.; Rodrigo, M.; Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Wilhelm, E., Relations between structure and thermodynamic properties. Heat capacities of polar substances (nitrobenzene and benzonitrile) in alkane solutions, Calorim. Anal. Therm., 1985, 16, 153-158. [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]

Roux, Grolier, et al., 1984
Roux, A.H.; Grolier, J.-P.E.; Inglese, A.; Wilhelm, E., Excess molar enthalpies, excess molar heat capacities and excess molar volumes of (fluorobenzene + an n-alkane), Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1984, 88, 986-992. [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]

Shakirov and Lyubarskii, 1980
Shakirov, R.F.; Lyubarskii, M.V., Low-temperature heat capacity and thermodynamic functions of methyl trichlorothioacrylate, SPSTL Deposited Publication 3 KhP-D80, 1980, 19p. [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]

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]

Osborne and Ginnings, 1947
Osborne, N.S.; Ginnings, D.C., Measurements of heat of vaporization and heat capacity of a number of hydrocarbons, J. Res. NBS, 1947, 39, 453-477. [all data]


Notes

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