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Estimation of the heat capacities of organic liquids as a function of temperature using group additivity. I. Hydrocarbon compounds

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data; (United States)
OSTI ID:6251468
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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

A second-order group additivity method has been developed for the estimation of the heat capacity of liquid hydrocarbons as a function of temperature in the range from the melting temperature to the normal boiling temperature. The temperature dependence of group contributions and structural corrections has been represented by a polynomial expression. The adjustable parameters in the polynomials have been calculated using a weighted least squares minimization procedure. Recommended heat capacities from a large compilation of critically evaluated data that contains over 1300 organic liquids served as a database both for the development and testing of the method. 15 tabs.

OSTI ID:
6251468
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data; (United States) Vol. 22:3; ISSN 0047-2689; ISSN JPCRBU
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English