title: Polymorphism of even-numbered carbon atom n-alkanes revisited through topological P-T diagrams.
abstract: The phase relationships involving the metastable orthorhombic (R(I)) phase and the stable triclinic (T) phase were established for even-numbered carbon atom n-alkanes in the range of 8-20 carbon atoms. It is shown that the R(I) phase behaves monotropically whatever the pressure and temperature (i.e., the R(I) phase exhibits no stable pressure-temperature (P-T) region). Then, the incidence of the overall monotropic behavior of the R(I) phase on the construction of the temperature-composition (T-x) phase diagrams involving at least one even member was examined through four temperature-molar fraction (T-x) phase diagrams. Discussion on the location of the R(I)-T-vapor (upsilon) triple points in the P-T diagrams of this series of n-alkanes was determined and extended to higher even members.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, EA 4066, Faculté de Pharmacie, 4 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France. philippe.espeau@univ-paris5.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Espeau
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Céolin
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D044367:Phase Transition; D011312:Pressure; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes