Recommended vapor pressure and thermophysical data for ferrocene Michal Fulem a,b,*, Květoslav Růžička a, Ctirad Červinka a, Marisa A.A. Rocha c, Luís M. N. B. F. Santos c, Robert F. Berg d a Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Technická 5, CZ-166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic b Department of Semiconductors, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Cukrovarnická 10, CZ-162 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic c Centro de Investigação em Química, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, P-4169-007 Porto, Portugal d Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, U.S.A. *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Abstract Recommended vapor pressure data for ferrocene (CAS Registry Number: 102-54-5) in the temperature range from 242 to 447 K were developed by the simultaneous correlation of critically assessed vapor pressures, heat capacities of the crystalline phase and the ideal gas, and calorimetrically determined enthalpies of sublimation. All of the properties needed for the correlation were newly determined in this work. The value for the enthalpy of sublimation, g -1 ∆crH m (298.15 K) = (74.38 ± 0.38) kJ·mol , is recommended. Comparisons with literature values are shown for all measured and derived properties. Keywords: ferrocene; vapor pressure; heat capacity; ideal gas thermodynamic properties; sublimation enthalpy; recommended vapor pressure equation 1. Introduction Ferrocene is a good candidate for calibrating vapor pressure experimental apparatus [1], and ICTAC recommends it as a primary standard for sublimation enthalpy [2].