Abstract:
The heat capacities of 1,2,3,4-, 1,2,3,5- and 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene were measured by adiabatic calorimetry at temperatures between 11 and 353 K. Enthalpies of phase transitions were also measured. The entropies of the liquids at 298.15 K were calculated from the measurements as 256.1, 257.3 and 250.4 3 K-1 mol-1 respectively. The heat capacity curve for 1,2,3,5-tetrafluoro- benzene showed that a transition occurred in the crystals just below the melting temperature. 1,2,3,4- tetrafluorobenzene crystallised first in a metastable form which, on cooling, rapidly transformed to stable crystals. No anomalies were found in the heat capacity curve of 1,2,4,5-tetrafluorobenzene.
