Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thermodynamic properties of organic materials

Graphite is the lowest energy forms.


3.0 C2H2 g = 1.0 C6H6 g Change kJ/mol
Hf kJ/mol
226.7

82.9 -597.2
Gf kJ/mol
209.2

129.7 -497.9
S J/mol-K
201

269 -334

Asphaltene is bad for crude oil industry and it is dubbed as cholesterol of petroleum. Asphaltenic aggregates help form oil in water emulsion. This hinders the cleanup of the BP spill in 2010.

simple hydrocarbon to asphaltene, to graphite like coal. Viscosity goes up, eventually being solid.

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