Appendix C. Saturation Vapor Pressure Data1

1Selected from David Himmelblau. Basic Principles and Calculations in Chemical Engineering, 7th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003), p. 1057.

ln(Psat)=ABC+T

where

  • Psat is the saturation vapor pressure (mm Hg),

  • T is the temperature (K), and

  • A, B, C are constants given below.

Species

Formula

Range (K)

A

B

C

Acetone

C3H6O

241–350

16.6513

2940.46

−35.93

Benzene

C6H6

280–377

15.9008

2788.51

−52.36

Carbon tetrachloride

CCl4

253–374

15.8742

2808.19

−45.99

Chloroform

CHCl3

260–370

15.9732

2696.79

−46.19

Cyclohexane

C6H12

280–380

15.7527

2766.63

−50.50

Ethyl acetate

C4H8O2

260–385

16.1516

2790.50

−57.15

Ethyl alcohol

C2H6O

270–369

18.9119

3803.98

−41.68

n-Heptane

C7H16

270–400

15.8737

2911.32

−56.51

n-Hexane

C6H14

245–370

15.8366

2697.55

−48.78

Methyl alcohol

CH4O

257–364

18.5875

3626.55

−34.29

n-Pentane

C5H12

220–330

15.8333

2477.07

−39.94

Toluene

C6H5CH3

280–410

16.0137

3096.52

−53.67

Water

H2O

284–441

18.3036

3816.44

−46.11

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