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Heats of Combustion and Related Properties of Pure Substances

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Author(s)

Donald R. Burgess Jr., Anthony Hamins

Abstract

In this work, we compiled and evaluated various properties pertaining to the heats of combustion of about 420 compounds of physical, chemical, and engineering interest. This includes boiling points, melting points, latent heats (enthalpies) of vaporization, heats (enthalpies) of fusion, heats (enthalpies) of formation and combustion, and heat capacities (specific heats).
Citation
Technical Note (NIST TN) - 2126
Report Number
2126
NIST Pub Series
Technical Note (NIST TN)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2126
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Keywords

combustion, enthalpies, boiling points, melting points, heat capacities, heats of formation, heats of combustion, heats of vaporization
Thermochemical properties, Reference data, Materials flammability, Fire modeling, Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties and Chemical engineering and processing

Citation

Burgess Jr., D. and Hamins, A. (2023), Heats of Combustion and Related Properties of Pure Substances, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2126, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935736 (Accessed October 17, 2025)

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Created December 5, 2023
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