Vapor pressure is a fundamental thermophysical property of a liquid. Vapor pressure data are useful in process design and control, in establishing environmental regulations for safe handling and transport, for estimation of volatile organic content (VOC), and in deriving hazard assessments. Vapor pressure and boiling temperature data are required for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). The enthalpy of vaporization may also be estimated from the slope of the vapor pressure curve (See Practice E 2071).

1. Scope

1.1 This test method describes a procedure for the determination of the vapor pressure of pure liquids or melts from boiling point measurements made using differential thermal analysis (DTA) or differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) instrumentation operated at different applied pressures.

1.2 This test method may be used for the temperature range 273 to 773 K (0 to 500 °C) and for pressures between 5 kPa to 2 MPa. These ranges may differ depending upon the instrumentation used and the thermal stability of materials tested. Because a range of applied pressures is required by this test method, the analyst is best served by use of instrumentation referred to as high pressure differential thermal instrumentation (HPDSC or HPDTA).

1.3

1.4 There is no ISO standard equivalent to this test method.

1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in ASTM Test Methods

E473 Terminology Relating to Thermal Analysis and Rheology

E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method

E967 Test Method for Temperature Calibration of Differential Scanning Calorimeters and Differential Thermal Analyzers

E1142 Terminology Relating to Thermophysical Properties

E2071 Practice for Calculating Heat of Vaporization or Sublimation from Vapor Pressure Data

SI 10 Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI) The Modern Metric System

Keywords

Antoine equation; boiling pressure; boiling temperature; differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); differential thermal analysis (DTA); vapor pressure; Antoine equation; Boiling temperature/pressure; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Differential thermal analysis (DTA); Liquids--laboratory applications; Thermal analysis (TA); Vapor pressure (VPx)

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Citing ASTM Standards

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