Summary.
We investigated empirical data for the vapor pressure (154≤T≤196 K) and the heat capacity (12.52≤T≤189.78 K) of solid carbon dioxide. A computer algebra system (CAS) was used for all calculations. From the numerical point of view, we have adopted a cubic piecewise polynomial representation for the heat capacity and reached an excellent agreement between the available empirical data and the calculated ones. Furthermore, we have obtained values for the vapor pressure and heat of sublimation at temperatures below 195 right down to 0 K. The theoretical key prerequisites are: 1) Determination of the heat of sublimation of 26250 J · mol−1 at vanishing temperature and 2) Elaboration of a ‘linearized’ vapor pressure equation that includes all the relevant properties of the gaseous and solid phases. It is shown that: 1) The empirical vapor pressure equation derived by Giauque & Egan remains valid below the assumed lower limit of 154 K (a similar argument holds for Antoine’s equation), 2) The heat of sublimation reaches its maximum value of 27211 J · mol−1 at 58.829 K and 3) The vapor behaves as a (polyatomic) ideal gas even for temperatures below 150 K.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Air Liquide http://www.airliquide.com/en/business/products/gases/gasdata/; Calvert JB http://www.du.edu/∼jcalvert/phys/carbon.htm
Meyers, Van Dusen (1933) Nat Bur Stand J Research 10: 381; Henning, Stock (1921) Zeitschr Phys 4: 226; Siemens (1913) Ann Phys 42: 871; Eucken, Donath (1926) Zeitschr Phys Chem 124: 181; Heuse O (1931) Ann Phys 9: 486; (1932) 14: 181
WF Giauque CJ Egan (1937) J Chem Phys 5 45 Occurrence Handle10.1063/1.1749929 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaA2sXnt1yl
DR Stull (1947) Organic Compounds. Ind Eng Chem 39 517 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaH2sXhsVGmtg%3D%3D
M Suzuki O Schnepp (1971) J Chem Phys 55 5349 Occurrence Handle10.1063/1.1675678 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaE3MXlsFGks7o%3D
Schnepp O, Jacobi N (1975) Lattice Dynamics of Molecular Solids. In: Dynamical Properties of Solids, vol 2. North-Holland, Amsterdam
YA Sataty A Ron (1974) J Chem Phys 61 5471 Occurrence Handle10.1063/1.1681908 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaE2MXhtlWnsrs%3D
Grigoriev IS, Meilikhov EZ (eds) (1997) Handbook of Physical Quantities. CRC Press, Boca Raton
Gray DE (Coordinating Editor) (1972) (Reissue 1982) American Institute of Physics Handbook, 3rd edn. McGraw-Hill, New York
National Institute of Standards and Technology http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry
Engineering Tool Box http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com
Schaeffer CD Jr (1989) Data for General Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry http://wulfenite.fandm.edu/Data%20/Data.html; The Wired Chemist http://wulfenite.fandm.edu/Data%20
Moore JH, Spencer ND (eds) (2001) Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry. Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol Philadelphia
Stull DR, Westrum EF, Sinke GC (1969) The Chemical Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds. Wiley, New York
Mills I, Cvitaš T, Homann K, Kuchitsu K (1993) Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, 2nd edn. Blackwell, Oxford IUPAC http://www.iupac.org/reports/1993/homann/ index.html
De Boor C (2001) A Practical Guide to Splines. Springer, New York; Schilling RJ, Harris SL (2000) Applied Numerical Methods for Engineers. Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA; Meir A, Sharma A (1973) Spline Functions and Approximation Theory. Proc sympos, University of Alberta, 1972, Birkhäuser, Basel Stuttgart; Gu C (2002) Smoothing Spline ANOVA Models. Springer, New York
McQuarrie DA (1976) Statistical Physics. Harper & Row, New York
Herzberg G (1989) Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. Krieger, Malabar, Florida
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Azreg-Aïnou, M. Low-temperature Data for Carbon Dioxide. Monatsh. Chem. 136, 2017–2027 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-005-0370-3
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-005-0370-3