Simultaneous Treatment of Vapor Pressures and Related Thermal Data Between the Triple and Normal Boiling Temperatures for <i>n</i>-Alkanes C5–C20

Abstract

Experimental vapor pressures, calorimetric enthalpies of vaporization and differences between the heat capacities of the ideal gas and the liquid for n-alkanes C5 to C20 between the triple and normal boiling temperatures have been treated simultaneously. Attention was focused particularly on the region of low pressures where vapor pressure data are scarce and subject to important systematic errors. The reliability and consistency of data fro different sources was evaluated and the three parameter Cox equation was used to correlate simultaneously as a function of temperature the selected values of different properties. The recommended vapor pressures and thermal data resulting from this procedure are mutually consistent over the homologous series and present a considerable refinement particularly at lower pressures.