Ww EPA Protection Research and Development Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory Gineinnat! OH 45268, EPA-600/S2.61-021 May 1981 Project Summary Vapor Pressure Distribution of Selected Organic Chemicals Robert C. Weber, Phillip A. Parker, and Mol ‘The objective of this project was to prepare a consistent tabulation of physical property data for organi chemicals for use by the Emission ‘Standards and Engineering Division of EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning ‘and Standards. The data reported for 480 selected organic chemicals are melting point, boiling point, physical ‘state at 20°C, and vapor prescure at 20°C and 101.3 kPa whore available. From these data, physical state and vapor pressure summaries and distri- butions were prepared. The 450 chemicals covered in this report generally represent high-volume industrial organic chemicals. This Project Summary was developed by EPA's Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, {0 announce key findings of the re- ‘search projact that is fully documented ‘in a separate report of the same title (s00 Project Report ordering informe- tion at beck) Introduction EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning ‘and Standards, Emission Standards and Engineering Division (ESED), is cur- rently developing regulations for the Control of fugitive volatile organic com- ound (VOC) emissions from organic chemical production facilites. Studies lof emissions from these sources indicate that emission rates are correlated with the vapor pressure of the organic mate- rial in the system. In general, equipment in gas service contributes more to the jie Bowser total emissions than equipment in liquid service. Further, equipment in liquid service handling relatively volatile ial contributes more to the total it is important to have a quanti assessment of the vapor pressuredistri- bution of chemicals potentially covered by EPA regulations, ‘As a result, the Emission Standards ‘and Engineering Division requested the Organic and Inorganic Chemicals and Products Branch of the Industrial Envi Fonmental Research Laboratory in Cin- Cinnati to prepare @ consistent tebul tion of vapor pressures for organic chemical products currently considered for inclusion in fugitive emi For each of the 378 chemicals (or groups of chemicals) identified by the Emission Standards and Engineering Division, the following data have been collected: (a) physical state at 20°C and 101.3 kPa (1 atmosph pressure at the same conditions; and(c) references for each vapor pressure. From these data, physical state and vapor pressure summaries and distri- butions have been prepared. Data used in preparing these summaries is pre- sented in tabular form in the Project Report. Finally itis important to nate that the vapor pressure data used in this project {do not represent experimentally deter- ‘mined values at 20°C. Rather, they are (b) vaporestimates developed from primary references for the purpose of generating reasonable vapor pressure distributions using the most widely accepted and accurate methods. Discussion and Procedure Most of the vapor pressures were ‘estimated with one of several variations af the Anicine Equation in which the logarithm of the vapor pres proportional to the inverse ‘ofthe abeo= lute temperature. Other references Which report data at 20°C were also used on occasion. It must be pointed out that for many chemicals, especially solids, 20°C is outside the temperature range at which the reported coefficients apply. The specific equations are summarized in the Project Report. Results and Conclusions The following tables present a sum- mary of the physical state and vapor pressure information collected for the 378 organic chemical products (or ‘chemical groups) provided by ESED. All of the d based on the following “standard” conditions: 20°C and 101.3 kPa (1 atmosphere). For those entries of the 378 which are actually groups of chemical products, attempts were made to identify several specific chemicals in the group. This resulted in a total of 450 discrete chemicals. Table 1 summarizes the information ‘on the physical state of the 450 cher cals at the defined conditions. The physical state was unavailable in readily accessible literature for one chemical, ‘lyeerol tri(polyoxypropylene}ether. Six percent of the chemicals are gases, 60 percent are liquids, and 34 percent solids. Within certain constraints, a vapor pressure distribution was developed for liquids. For liquids, vapor pressures were not available for 6 out of 269, chemicals (2 percent). The frequency Table 1. Physical Stote Distribution Number of Percent of Chemicals Total 26 6 Liquids 269 60 Solids 154 34 Unknown 1 02 TOTAL 450 “At 20°C and 101.3 kPa. distribution for liquids is presented in Table 2. about 60 percent of the chemical ‘would be expected to have vapor pret From Table 2, 43 percent ofthe liquids (26 percent of the total) have vapor pressures less than or equal to 0.3 kPa at 20°C. Assuming solids generally majority of the remaining chemicals fe ‘which vapor pressures were not foun probably have very low vapor pressure hhave very low vapor pressures, then at 20°C also. Table 2. Vepor Pressure Distribution - Liquids* Vapor Pressure Number Percent Percent (kPa) of Chemicals, of Liquids of Total Chemicals ‘Less than or equal 116 43 26 1003 ost 14 40 15 9 141-103 62 23 4 10.31 - 101.3 45 17 10 ‘Not available (NA) 6 2 1 "At 20°C. a The EPA authors Robert C. Weber, Philip A. Parker, and Melanie Bowser are with the Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 45268 45268. The complete report, entitled “Vapor Pressure Distribution of Selected Organic Chemicals.” (PB No, 81-171 233; Cost: $6.50, subject to change) will be available only from: ‘National Technical Information Service ‘5285 Port Royal Road Springfield. VA 22161 Telephone: 703-487-4650 The EPA authors can be contacted at: “Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory US. Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH 45268Postage and United States Center for Environmental Research Tetormation Gineinnati OH 45268 Brotection Agency Exes Penalty for Prwate Use $300 [RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED Third Class Bulk Rate 1eRL0169064 UsneBaREeton v 330 8 eanpun CHICAGO iL bo08!