n-Hexane

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Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions (nominally 298.15 K, 1 atm.)

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Δcliquid (kcal/mol) Method Reference Comment
-995.03 ± 0.13CcbGood and Smith, 1969Corresponding Δfliquid = -47.48 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-995.01 ± 0.17CcbProsen and Rossini, 1945Corresponding Δfliquid = -47.50 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-994.99 ± 0.20CcbProsen and Rossini, 1944Corresponding Δfliquid = -47.52 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-995.15 ± 0.33CcbJessup, 1937Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -994.62 kcal/mol; Corresponding Δfliquid = -47.364 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-991.2CcbGuinchant, 1918Corresponding Δfliquid = -51.3 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
-997.9CcbZubova, 1901Corresponding Δfliquid = -44.6 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

References

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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]

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]

Jessup, 1937
Jessup, R.S., Heats of combustion of the liquid normal paraffin hydrocarbons from hexane to dodecane, J. Res. NBS, 1937, 18, 114-128. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Guinchant, 1918
Guinchant, M.J., Etude sur la fonction acide dans les derives metheniques et methiniques, Ann. Chem., 1918, 10, 30-84. [all data]

Zubova, 1901
Zubova, P., Data about heat of combustion of compound cycle structure, Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1901, 33, 708-722. [all data]


Notes

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