Decane - The NIST WebBook

Decane

• Formula: C10H22
• Molecular weight: 142.2817
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H22/c1-3-5-7-9-10-8-6-4-2/h3-10H2,1-2H3 Copy
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DIOQZVSQGTUSAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 124-18-5
• Chemical structure: This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript.
• Other names: n-Decane; n-C10H22; UN 2247
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments: BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing 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

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Tboil	447.2 ± 0.3	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 34 out of 43 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Tfus	243.3 ± 0.6	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 23 out of 25 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Ttriple	243.4 ± 0.3	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 9 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Tc	617.8 ± 0.7	K	AVG	N/A	Average of 16 out of 18 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Pc	21.1 ± 0.8	bar	AVG	N/A	Average of 11 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Vc	0.624	l/mol	N/A	Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
ρc	1.60 ± 0.05	mol/l	N/A	Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995
ρc	1.67	mol/l	N/A	Steele, 1992	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.070 mol/l; TRC
ρc	1.60	mol/l	N/A	Anselme, Gude, et al., 1990	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 mol/l; TRC
ρc	1.67	mol/l	N/A	Knipmeyer, Archer, et al., 1989	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.070 mol/l; TRC
ρc	1.595	mol/l	N/A	Gehrig and Lentz, 1983	Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.04 mol/l; TRC
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
ΔvapH°	51.3 ± 0.3	kJ/mol	AVG	N/A	Average of 12 values; Individual data points
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
ΔsubH°	80.3	kJ/mol	B	Swain, Kwan, et al., 1980	AC
ΔsubH°	82.4	kJ/mol	H	Bondi, 1963	See also Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1993.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
38.75	447.3	N/A	Majer and Svoboda, 1985
48.3	339.	GC	Mokbel, Razzouk, et al., 2007	Based on data from 324. to 402. K.; AC
46.6	352.	N/A	Batiu, 2002	Based on data from 337. to 376. K.; AC
51.5	299.	C	Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996	AC
50.5	314.	C	Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996	AC
50.1	324.	C	Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996	AC
49.2	334.	C	Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996	AC
42.5	424.	N/A	Lee, Dempsey, et al., 1992	Based on data from 409. to 584. K.; AC
48.1	340.	EB,IP	Chirico, Nguyen, et al., 1989	Based on data from 268. to 490. K.; AC
53.8	267.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 252. to 383. K.; AC
41.7	462.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 447. to 526. K.; AC
38.6	539.	A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 524. to 617. K.; AC
45.3	388.	N/A	Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987	Based on data from 373. to 443. K. See also Varushchenko, Belikova, et al., 1970.; AC
50.3	313.	GS	Allemand, Jose, et al., 1986	Based on data from 298. to 347. K.; AC
49.8 ± 1.7	308. to 351.	N/A	Beckhaus, Ruchardt, et al., 1984	AC
55.9	258.	N/A	Carruth and Kobayashi, 1973	Based on data from 243. to 310. K.; AC
45.5	383.	MM	Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945	Based on data from 368. to 440. K.; AC

Enthalpy of vaporization

ΔvapH = A exp(-βTr) (1 − Tr)β ΔvapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kJ/mol) Tr = reduced temperature (T / Tc)

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Temperature (K)	A (kJ/mol)	β	Tc (K)	Reference	Comment
298. to 444.	74.38	0.3238	617.4	Majer and Svoboda, 1985

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Temperature (K)	A	B	C	Reference	Comment
243.49 to 310.59	0.21021	440.616	-156.896	Carruth and Kobayashi, 1973	Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.
367.63 to 448.27	4.07857	1501.268	-78.67	Williamham, Taylor, et al., 1945

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
84.8	243.	B	Bondi, 1963	AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kJ/mol)	Temperature (K)	Method	Reference	Comment
28.715	243.51	N/A	Finke, Gross, et al., 1954	DH
27.6	243.	DSC	Marti, Kaisersberger, et al., 2004	AC
28.7	243.5	N/A	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	AC
28.778	243.1	N/A	Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931	DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (J/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
117.92	243.51	Finke, Gross, et al., 1954	DH
117.99	243.5	Domalski and Hearing, 1996	CAL
118.4	243.1	Huffman, Parks, et al., 1931	DH

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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.

Ambrose and Tsonopoulos, 1995 Ambrose, D.; Tsonopoulos, C., Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 2. Normal Alkenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 531-546. [all data]

Steele, 1992 Steele, W.V., Personal Commun. 1992 1992, 1992. [all data]

Anselme, Gude, et al., 1990 Anselme, M.J.; Gude, M.; Teja, A.S., The Critical Temperatures and Densities of the n-Alkanes from Pentane to Octadecane, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1990, 57, 317-26. [all data]

Knipmeyer, Archer, et al., 1989 Knipmeyer, S.E.; Archer, D.G.; Chirico, R.D.; Gammon, B.E.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K.; Steele, W.V.; Strube, M.M., High-temperature enthalpy and critical property measurements using differential scanning calorimeter, Fluid Phase Equilib., 1989, 52, 185. [all data]

Gehrig and Lentz, 1983 Gehrig, M.; Lentz, H., Values of the pressure-molar volume-temperature relationship for n-decane up to 300 MPa and 673 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 1159-1167. [all data]

Swain, Kwan, et al., 1980 Swain, H.A.; Kwan, Chiu-Yin; Sung, Ho-Nan, Measurement of vapor pressures from 20 to 30.degree.C of long-chain peroxy acids, J. Phys. Chem., 1980, 84, 11, 1347-1349, https://doi.org/10.1021/j100448a012 . [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]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1993 Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G.; Liebman, Joel F., Heat capacity corrections to a standard state: a comparison of new and some literature methods for organic liquids and solids, Struct Chem, 1993, 4, 4, 271-278, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00673701 . [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]

Mokbel, Razzouk, et al., 2007 Mokbel, Ilham; Razzouk, Antonio; Hajjaji, Ahmed; Msakni, Nizar; Jose, Jacques, A Gas Saturation Apparatus for Very Low Vapor or Sublimation Pressure Measurements (10 -3 Pa): Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of n -Alkanes ( n -C 10 , n -C 24 , n -C 28 ), J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2007, 52, 5, 1720-1725, https://doi.org/10.1021/je7001122 . [all data]

Batiu, 2002 Batiu, I., Vapor--liquid equilibria in the binary systems n-decane+(-)-menthone and n-decane+(+)-fenchone at temperatures between 344.45 and 390.75 K, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002, 198, 1, 111-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(01)00759-2 . [all data]

Viton, Chavret, et al., 1996 Viton, C.; Chavret, M.; Jose, J., Enthalpies of vaporization of normal alkanes from nonane to pentadecane at temperatures from 298 to 359 K, ELDATA: Int. Electron. J. Phys. Chem. Data, 1996, 2, 3, 103. [all data]

Lee, Dempsey, et al., 1992 Lee, Chang Ha; Dempsey, Dennis M.; Mohamed, Rahoma S.; Holder, Gerald D., Vapor-liquid equilibria in the systems of n-decane/tetralin, n-hexadecane/tetralin, n-decane/1-methylnaphthalene, and 1-methylnaphthalene/tetralin, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1992, 37, 2, 183-186, https://doi.org/10.1021/je00006a012 . [all data]

Chirico, Nguyen, et al., 1989 Chirico, R.D.; Nguyen, A.; Steele, W.V.; Strube, M.M., Vapor pressure of n-alkanes revisited. New high-precision vapor pressure data on n-decane, n-eicosane, and n-octacosane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1989, 34, 149-156. [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]

Varushchenko, Belikova, et al., 1970 Varushchenko, R.M.; Belikova, N.A.; Skuratov, S.M.; Plate, A.F., Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1970, 44, 12, 3022. [all data]

Allemand, Jose, et al., 1986 Allemand, Nadine; Jose, Jacques; Merlin, J.C., Mesure des pressions de vapeur d'hydrocarbures C10 A C18n-alcanes etn-alkylbenzenes dans le domaine 3-1000 pascal, Thermochimica Acta, 1986, 105, 79-90, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(86)85225-X . [all data]

Beckhaus, Ruchardt, et al., 1984 Beckhaus, H.D.; Ruchardt, C.; Smisek, M., Anwendung von kraftfeldrechnungen. VI. Verbrennungsenthalpie und bildungsenthalpie von 4-carbomethoxy-homocuban und homocuban-4-carbonsaure-ein testfall zur berechnung von bildungsenthalpien nach dem kraftfeldverfahren, Thermochim. Acta, 1984, 79, 149-159. [all data]

Carruth and Kobayashi, 1973 Carruth, Grant F.; Kobayashi, Riki, Vapor pressure of normal paraffins ethane through n-decane from their triple points to about 10 mm mercury, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1973, 18, 2, 115-126, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60057a009 . [all data]

Willingham, Taylor, et al., 1945 Willingham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor pressures and boiling points of some paraffin, alkylcyclopentane, alkylcyclohexane, and alkylbenzene hydrocarbons, J. RES. NATL. BUR. STAN., 1945, 35, 3, 219-17, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [all data]

Williamham, Taylor, et al., 1945 Williamham, C.B.; Taylor, W.J.; Pignocco, J.M.; Rossini, F.D., Vapor Pressures and Boiling Points of Some Paraffin, Alkylcyclopentane, Alkylcyclohexane, and Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), 1945, 35, 3, 219-244, https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.035.009 . [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]

Marti, Kaisersberger, et al., 2004 Marti, E.; Kaisersberger, E.; Emmerich, W.-D., New aspects of thermal analysis, Part I. Resolution of DSC and means for its optimization, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2004, 77, 3, 905-934, https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JTAN.0000041669.06816.36 . [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]

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]

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
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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