Acetic acid (data page) explained

This page provides supplementary chemical data on acetic acid.

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Structure and properties

	Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD	1.3716
Dielectric constant, εr	6.15 ε0 at 20 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	26.6 dyn/cm at 30 °C
Viscosity^[1]	1.222 mPa·s at 20 °C 1.0396 mPa·s at 30 °C 0.7956 mPa·s at 50 °C 0.4244 mPa·s at 110 °C

Thermodynamic properties

	Phase behavior
Triple point	289.8 K (16.7 °C), ? Pa
Critical point	593 K (320 °C), 57.8 bar
Eutectic point with water	–26.7 °C
Std enthalpy change of fusionΔfusH^o	+11.7 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusionΔfusS^o	40.5 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporizationΔvapH^o	+23.7 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporizationΔvapS^o	? J/(mol·K)
	Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation ΔfH^osolid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy S^osolid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity cp	? J/(mol K)
	Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation ΔfH^oliquid	-483.5 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy S^oliquid	158.0 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH^o	–876.1 kJ/mol
Heat capacity cp	123.1 J/(mol K)
	Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation ΔfH^ogas	–438.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy S^ogas	282.84 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity cp	63.4 J/(mol K)
van der Waals' constants^[2]	a = 1782.3 L^2 kPa/mol^2 b = 0.1068 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

	P in mm Hg	1	10	40	100	400	760	1520	3800	7600	15200	30400	45600
	T in °C	–17.2	17.5	43.0	63.0	99.0	118.1	143.5	180.3	214.0	252.0	297.0	—

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

Distillation data

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Acetic acid/Water^[3] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C	mole % water
	liquid	vapor
116.5	2.2	5.8
114.6	5.4	12.3
113.4	8.6	16.8
113.5	9.9	18.3
113.1	10.1	18.8
110.6	18.9	29.8
107.8	30.3	43.3
106.1	41.3	54.5
104.4	52.2	64.9
103.1	62.4	73.5
102.3	69.6	79.2
101.6	77.8	85.1
100.8	87.6	91.4
100.5	92.3	94.4
100.4	94.5	96.0
100.1	98.5	98.9

Spectral data

	UV-Vis
λmax	207 nm (gas phase)
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
	IR
Major absorption bands^[4]	(liquid film) Wave number transmittance 2937 cm^-1 26% 2684 cm^-1 41% 2631 cm^-1 39% 2569 cm^-1 49% 1758 cm^-1 19% 1714 cm^-1 4% 1617 cm^-1 66% 1414 cm^-1 20% 1360 cm^-1 39% 1294 cm^-1 12% 1053 cm^-1 67% 1016 cm^-1 41% 937 cm^-1 35% 892 cm^-1 41% 629 cm^-1 31% 607 cm^-1 49% 481 cm^-1 36% 473 cm^-1 52%
	NMR
	δ CDCl3 2.10 (3H), 11.42 (1H)
	δ CDCl3 20.8, 178.1
Other NMR data
	MS
Masses of main fragments	60 (75%), 45 (90%), 43 (100%), 42 (13%), 15 (17%)

References

• • 10.1016/S1010-6030(03)00067-4 . Orlando . John J. . Tyndall . Geoffrey S. . 2003 . Gas phase UV absorption spectra for peracetic acid, and for acetic acid monomers and dimers . J. Photochem. Photobiol. A . 157 . 2–3. 161–66 . 2003JPPA..157..161O .

Notes and References

1. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
2. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
3. Web site: Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data. Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Queriable database. 5 May 2007.
4. Web site: Spectral Database for Organic Compounds. Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Queriable database. 9 June 2007. 14 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130114222220/http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi?lang=eng. dead.