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Partition Functions and Ideal-Gas Thermodynamics for Carbon Dioxide

Published
June 10, 2025

Author(s)

Sergey Tashkun, Allan Harvey

Abstract

We have constructed an effective Hamiltonian model for the rotational-vibrational states of molecular carbon dioxide. The model is constrained by a large amount of spectroscopic data for frequencies of rovibrational transitions. From this formulation, we construct partition functions and derive thermochemical quantities (enthalpy, entropy, heat capacity) for the 12 stable isotopologues of the CO2 molecule. These are combined to produce thermochemical functions for CO2 of natural isotopic abundance. The resulting ideal-gas heat capacities, which will serve as input for a future reference equation of state, differ from previous, simpler calculations by amounts that are not large but that significantly exceed the uncertainty of the present calculations.
Citation
J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD) -
Volume
54
Issue
2
NIST Pub Series
J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD)
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Keywords

carbon dioxide, enthalpy, entropy, heat capacity, partition function, thermodynamics
Thermodynamics and Thermochemical properties

Citation

Tashkun, S. and Harvey, A. (2025), Partition Functions and Ideal-Gas Thermodynamics for Carbon Dioxide, J. Phys. & Chem. Ref. Data (JPCRD), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0276615, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=959695 (Accessed June 11, 2025)

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