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Properties of substance:

hexadecane

Group of substances:

organic

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

C16H34

Structural formula as text:

CH3(CH2)14CH3

Molar/atomic mass: 226.441

Melting point (°C):

18.2

Boiling point (°C):

286.8

CAS №: 544-76-3

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

acetone: soluble [Ref.]
carbon tetrachloride: soluble [Ref.]
diethyl ether: soluble [Ref.]
ethanol: soluble [Ref.]
water: 0.000000629 (25°C) [Ref.]

Density:

0.7751 (20°C, d4)

Refractive index (nD):

1.43435 (20°C)

Vapour pressure (Torr):

1 (105°C)
10 (149°C)
40 (182.8°C)
100 (209.5°C)
400 (259°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH (298 K, kJ/mol)

-456.1 (l) [Ref.]
-374.8 (g) [Ref.]

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298 K, J/(mol·K))

501.6 (l) [Ref.]

Critical temperature (°C):

449

Critical pressure (MPa):

1.4

Critical volume (cm3/mol):

1009

References:

  1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. - 95ed. - CRC Press, 2014. - pp. 3-294
  2. Deanesly, R. M.; Carleton, L. T. Physical Constants of the Normal Paraffin Hydrocarbons. / Journal of Physical Chemistry. - 1941. - Vol. 45, No. 7. - pp. 1104-1123 [DOI: 10.1021/j150412a006]
  3. Journal of the American Chemical Society. - 1931. - Vol. 53, No. 8. - pp. 3084
  4. Seidell A. Solubilities of organic compounds. - 3ed., vol.2. - New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1941. - pp. 767
  5. Yalkowsky S.H., Yan H. Handbook of aqueous solubility data. - CRC Press, 2003. - pp. 1063
  6. Справочник химика. - 2 изд., Т.1. - Л.-М.: Химия, 1966. - pp. 669 [Russian]
  7. Химический энциклопедический словарь. - Под ред. Кнунянц И.Л. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1983. - pp. 676 [Russian]

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