Carbon Tetrachloride

• Formula: CCl₄
• Molecular weight: 153.823
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CCl4/c2-1(3,4)5 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VZGDMQKNWNREIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 56-23-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methane, tetrachloro-; Benzinoform; Carbon chloride (CCl4); Carbona; Fasciolin; Flukoids; Freon 10; Necatorina; Perchloromethane; Tetrachlorocarbon; Tetrachloromethane; Tetrafinol; Tetraform; Tetrasol; Univerm; Vermoestricid; CCl4; Benzenoform; Carbon tet; Methane tetrachloride; Czterochlorek wegla; ENT 4,705; Halon 1040; Necatorine; R 10; Tetrachloorkoolstof; Tetrachloormetaan; Tetrachlorkohlenstoff, tetra; Tetrachlormethan; Tetrachlorure de carbone; Tetraclorometano; Tetracloruro di carbonio; Chlorid uhlicity; ENT 27164; Rcra waste number U211; UN 1846; Katharin; Seretin; Thawpit; NSC 97063; R 10 (Refrigerant)
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

References

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Altunin, Geller, et al., 1987
Altunin, V.V.; Geller, V.Z.; Kremenvskaya, E.A.; Perel'shtein, I.I.; Petrov, E.K., Thermophysical Properties of Freons, Methane Ser. Part 2, Vol. 9, NSRDS-USSR, Selover, T. B., Ed., Hemisphere, New York, 1987. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Campbell and Chatterjee, 1969
Campbell, A.N.; Chatterjee, R.M., The critical constants and orthobaric densities of acetone, chloroform benzene, and carbon tetrachloride, Can. J. Chem., 1969, 47, 3893-8. [all data]

Livingston, Morgan, et al., 1908
Livingston, J.; Morgan, R.; Higgins, E., The Weight of Falling Drops and Tate's Laws. Determination of Molecular Weights and Critical Temp. of Liquids Using Drop Weights: II., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1908, 64, 170. [all data]

Kordes, 1954
Kordes, E., The heterogeneous vapor-liquid equilibrium. II. Calculation of the density of liquids and vapors as well as the necessary degrees of filling of the autoclave in the work with liquids at high temp, Z. Elektrochem., 1954, 58, 76-80. [all data]

Lewis, 1953
Lewis, D.T., The Determination of the Critical Constants of Liquid Explosives, J. Appl. Chem., 1953, 3, 154. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Boublík and Aim, 1972
Boublík, T.; Aim, K., Heats of vaporization of simple non-spherical molecule compounds, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1972, 37, 11, 3513-3521, https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19723513 . [all data]

Hildenbrand and McDonald, 1959
Hildenbrand, D.L.; McDonald, R.A., The Heat of Vaporization and Vapor Pressure of Carbon Tetrachloride; The Entropy from Calorimetric Data., J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 9, 1521-1522, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150579a053 . [all data]

Barker, Brown, et al., 1953
Barker, J.A.; Brown, I.; Smith, F., Thermodynamic properties of alcohol solutions. The system ethanol + carbon tetrachloride, Discuss. Faraday Soc., 1953, 15, 142, https://doi.org/10.1039/df9531500142 . [all data]

Hildenbrand and McDonald, 1959, 2
Hildenbrand, D.L.; McDonald, R.A., The Heat of Vaporization and Vapor Pressure of Carbon Tetrachloride; the Entropy from Calorimetric Data, J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 9, 1521-1523, https://doi.org/10.1021/j150579a053 . [all data]

Goto, Fujinawa, et al., 1996
Goto, Hirotoshi; Fujinawa, Tasuku; Asahi, Hidemasa; Inabe, Tamotsu; Ogata, Hironori; Miyajima, Seiichi; Maruyama, Yusei, Crystal Structures and Physical Properties of 1,6-Diaminopyrene-p-chloranil (DAP-CHL) Charge-Transfer Complex. Two Polymorphs and Their Unusual Electrical Properties., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1996, 69, 1, 85-93, https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.69.85 . [all data]

Bondi, 1963
Bondi, A., Heat of Siblimation of Molecular Crystals: A Catalog of Molecular Structure Increments., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1963, 8, 3, 371-381, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60018a027 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Morrison and Richards, 1976
Morrison, J.A.; Richards, E.J., Thermodynamic study of phase transitions in carbon tetrachloride, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1976, 8, 1033-1038. [all data]

Arentsen and Van Miltenburg, 1972
Arentsen, J.G.; Van Miltenburg, J.C., Carbon tetrachloride. Determination of the enthalpy of transition from metastable face-centered cubic carbon tetrachloride to the stable rhombohedral modification, J. Chem. Thermodynam., 1972, 4, 789-791. [all data]

Chang and Westrum, 1970
Chang, E.T.; Westrum, E.F., Heat capacities and thermodynamic properties of globular molecules. XV. The binary system tetramethylmethane-tetrachloromethane, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 2528-2538. [all data]

Hicks, Hooley, et al., 1944
Hicks, J.F.G.; Hooley, J.G.; Stephenson, C.C., The heat capacity of carbon tetrachloride from 15 to 300K. The heats of transition and of fusion. The entropy from thermal measurments compared with the entropy from molecular data, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 1064-1067. [all data]

Latimer, 1922
Latimer, W.M., The distribution of thermal energy in the tetrachlorides of carbon, silicon, titantium and tin, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1922, 44, 90-97. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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