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AUG 2 4 1977 NITROGEN OXYCHLORIDES: I DO A Bibliography on Data for Physical and Chemical Properties of CUNO, CtN02, and CtNOa /f rr t Francis Westley Institute for Materials Research National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 Sponsored by: Office of Standard Reference Data National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 Office of Air and Water Measurement National Bureau of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234 Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Washington, D.C. 20591 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary Dr. Sidney Harman, Under Secretary Jordan J. Baruch, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology 3 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director I' Issued August 1977 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Westley, Francis. Nitrogen oxychlorides. (NBS special publication ; 478) Supt. of Docs, no.: €13.10:478. 1. Nitrogen oxychlorides— Bibliography. I. United States. National Bureau of Standards. Office of Standard Reference Data. II. Title. III. Series: United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publication ; 478. QC100.U57 no. 478 [Z5524.N55] [QD181.C5] 77-2757 602Ms [546'.732'2] National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 478 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 478, 54 pages (Aug. 1977) CODEN: XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Price $2 Stock No. 003-003-01824-4 TABLE 6F C6NTENTS I nt r o du ction. 1 Guideline;.': for the User. 2 List of Abbreviations. .......................... ^ Nitrosyl Chlorine - ClNe 6 Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics ................... 6 Molecular Properties. ........................ H Physical Properties ......................... 12 Spectral Properties ......................... 13 Ther tnodynam ic Properties. ...................... 15 Nitryl Chloride - C1N6, 16 Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics ................... 16 Molecular Properties. ........................ 18 Physical Properties ......................... 19 Spectral Properties ......................... 19 Thermodynamic Properties. ...................... 20 Chlorine Nitrate - ClNe^ 21 Chemistry and Chemical Kinetics ................... 21 Molecular Properties. ......... 22 Physical Properties .......... 22 Spectral Properties ......................... 22 Thermodynamic Properties. ...................... 23 References ................................ 24 List of Abbreviations. .......................... ^1 iii NITS6GEN eXYCHLOfilDES [a Bibliography on Data for Physical and Chemical Properties of ClNO, CINA-. and CINC,] FRANCIS WESTLEY A data oriented list of references is provided for published papers and reports containing measured or calculated data for the physical and chemical properties of nitrosyl chloride, nitryl chloride, and chlorine nitrate with particular emphasis on the chemistry and chemical kinetics of these compounds. More than 387 papers are listed. The period covered extends from 1874 through 1977, Kej^ords: Bibliography; chemical kinetics; chemistry; chlorine nitrate; molecular properties; nitrosyl chloride; nitryl chloride; physical properties; spectral properties; thermodynamic properties. INTRelDUCTIQN This bibliography lists papers and reports containing data for the chemical^ molecular; physical; spectralj and thermodynamic properties of nitrosyl chloride, ClNfl ; nitryl chloride, ClNCg; and chlorine nitrate, ClNfl^, with particular emphasis on the chemical kinetics of these compounds. Amon§<: these, nitryl chloride has been recently found to exist in two isomeric forms by Molina who in 1977 identified by UV spectrometry the existence of nitryl chloride, ClNOg, and--at lower temperatui --of its isomer, C16-N0, The later one was named by Molina: "chlorine nitrite" (by analogy with chlorine nitrate, whose structural formula is: CIQ-NS^ and which as also been referred to as: nitryl oxychloride ), The articles have been selected from the files of the Chemical Kinetics Information Center and the Chemical Abstracts ( 1874-1977), The references are arranged in chronological rather than alphabetical order, as described in detail in the "guidelines for the user", following the i nt roduc t ion , The particular properties for which data are published are indicated by flags. The abbreviations for data flagging are based on the Fourth Interim lUPAC List ( C0DATA Bulletin 1£, 20 (1976)), The list of lUPAC flags is completed by a short number