The normal boiling point of a liquid is defined as the temperature at which the vapor pressure reaches standard atmospheric pressure, 101.325 kPa. Calculated values of the change in boiling point of organic liquids with small changes in pressure, Δt/Δp, are given in this table in units of °C kPa-1 and °C mmHg-1. The values from Ref. 1 were calculated from the representation of the vapor pressure by the Antoine equation,
ln p/p0 = A1 – A2/(T + A3)
where p is the vapor pressure in kPa, p0 is 101.325 kPa, T is the absolute temperature, and A1, A2, and A3 are constants, taken from Ref. 1. The correction to the boiling point is generally accurate to 0.1 °C to 0.2 °C as long as the pressure is within 10% of standard atmospheric pressure. Values from Ref. 2 were calculated from the REFPROP program, which employs a more sophisticated equation.
A slightly less accurate estimate of ∆t/∆p may be obtained from the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, with the assumption that the change in volume upon vaporization equals the ideal-gas volume of the vapor. This leads to the equation,
∆t/∆p = RTbp2/[p0∆vapH(Tbp)]
where R is the molar gas constant, Tbp is the normal boiling point temperature (absolute), and ∆vapH(Tbp) is the molar enthalpy of vaporization at the normal boiling point. Values of the last quantity may be obtained from the table “Enthalpy of Vaporization” in Section 6. Column definitions for the table are as follows.
Column heading | Definition |
Name | Name of liquid |
tbp | Normal boiling point, in °C |
Δtbp/Δp |
Change of boiling point with small change of pressure (in kPa), in units °C kPa-1 |
Δtbp/Δp | Change of boiling point with small change of pressure (in mmHg), in units °C mmHg-1 |
Ref. | Reference |
Name | Synonym | Mol. Form. | CAS Reg. No. | tbp/ºC | Δtbp/Δp/ºC kPa-1 | Δtbp/Δp/ºC mmHg-1 | Ref. |
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Acetaldehyde | Ethanal | C2H4O | 75-07-0 | 20.8 | 0.261 | 0.0348 | 1 |
Acetic acid | Ethanoic acid | C2H4O2 | 64-19-7 | 117.9 | 0.324 | 0.0432 | 1 |
Acetic anhydride | Acetyl acetate | C4H6O3 | 108-24-7 | 139.5 | 0.343 | 0.0457 | 1 |
Acetone | 2-Propanone | C3H6O | 67-64-1 | 56.08 | 0.289 | 0.0385 | 2 |
Acetonitrile | Methyl cyanide | C2H3N | 75-05-8 | 81.6 | 0.316 | 0.0421 | 1 |
Acetyl chloride | Ethanoyl chloride | C2H3ClO | 75-36-5 | 51 | 0.289 | 0.0385 | 1 |
Acetylene | Ethyne | C2H2 | 74-86-2 | -84.7 sp | 0.171 | 0.0228 | 1 |
Acrolein | 2-Propenal | C3H4O | 107-02-8 | 52.3 | 0.299 | 0.0399 | 1 |
Acrylic acid | 2-Propenoic acid | C3H4O2 | 79-10-7 | 142 | 0.332 | 0.0443 | 1 |
Acrylonitrile | Propenenitrile | C3H3N | 107-13-1 | 77.2 | 0.318 | 0.0424 | 1 |
Allyl alcohol | 2-Propen-1-ol | C3H6O | 107-18-6 | 96.9 | 0.274 | 0.0365 | 1 |
Ammonia | R-717 | H3N | 7664-41-7 | -33.32 | 0.197 | 0.0262 | 2 |
Aniline | Benzenamine | C6H7N | 62-53-3 | 184.1 | 0.378 | 0.0504 | 1 |
Anisole | Methoxybenzene | C7H8O | 100-66-3 | 153.6 | 0.367 | 0.0489 | 1 |
Anthracene | C14H10 | 120-12-7 | 341.3 | 0.532 | 0.0709 | 1 | |
Antimony(III) bromide | Antimony tribromide | Br3Sb | 7789-61-9 | 288 | 0.479 | 0.0639 | 1 |
Argon | Ar | 7440-37-1 | -185.848 | 0.078 | 0.0104 | 1 | |
Arsenic(III) chloride | Arsenic trichloride | AsCl3 | 7784-34-1 | 130 | 0.369 | 0.0492 | 1 |
Benzaldehyde | Benzenecarboxaldehyde | C7H6O | 100-52-7 | 178.7 | 0.392 | 0.0523 | 1 |