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Thermodynamic Study of 4-n-Alkyloxybenzoic Acids

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Summary:The Knudsen mass-loss effusion technique was used for measuring the vapor pressures at different temperatures of the following 4-n-alkyloxybenzoic acids: 4-methoxybenzoic acid, between (340 and 362) K; 4-ethoxybenzoic acid, between (349 and 373) K; 4-propoxybenzoic acid, between (345 and 365) K; 4-butoxybenzoic acid, between (351 and 373) K; 4-pentyloxybenzoic acid, between (355 and 377) K; 4-hexyloxybenzoic acid, between (363 and 379) K; 4-heptyloxybenzoic acid, between (355 and 361) K; and 4-octyloxybenzoic acid, between (363 and 372) K. From the temperature dependence of the vapor pressure of each crystalline compound, the standard (p(0) = 10(5) Pa) molar enthalpies and Gibbs energies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, were derived. Differential scanning calorimetry was used in the study of phase transitions between condensed phases. The measured thermodynamic properties are compared with the results obtained on a previous similar study concerning the 4-n-alkylbenzoic acids series.
Main Authors:Fonseca, JMS
Other Authors:Luis M N B F Santos; Manuel J S Monte
Subject:Termodinâmica aplicada, Química física, Química orgânica, Engenharia química Applied thermodynamics, Physical chemistry, Organic chemistry, Chemical engineering
Year:2010
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:restricted access
Associated institution:Universidade do Porto
Language:English
Origin:Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
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Summary:The Knudsen mass-loss effusion technique was used for measuring the vapor pressures at different temperatures of the following 4-n-alkyloxybenzoic acids: 4-methoxybenzoic acid, between (340 and 362) K; 4-ethoxybenzoic acid, between (349 and 373) K; 4-propoxybenzoic acid, between (345 and 365) K; 4-butoxybenzoic acid, between (351 and 373) K; 4-pentyloxybenzoic acid, between (355 and 377) K; 4-hexyloxybenzoic acid, between (363 and 379) K; 4-heptyloxybenzoic acid, between (355 and 361) K; and 4-octyloxybenzoic acid, between (363 and 372) K. From the temperature dependence of the vapor pressure of each crystalline compound, the standard (p(0) = 10(5) Pa) molar enthalpies and Gibbs energies of sublimation, at T = 298.15 K, were derived. Differential scanning calorimetry was used in the study of phase transitions between condensed phases. The measured thermodynamic properties are compared with the results obtained on a previous similar study concerning the 4-n-alkylbenzoic acids series.