Calculation of the difference between molar heat capacity of liquid and ideal gas from the temperature dependence of heat of vaporization

A method was developed for calculating the difference ΔcP between molar heat capacity of liquid cP1 and of ideal gas cPgo from the temperature dependence of heat of vaporization. By an a priori analysis the maximum error of the calculation procedure was determined. The exploitation of the method was demonstrated on a group of 20 saturated hydrocarbons. Besides these ΔcP values, the data on cP1 and cPgo were calculated in the regions where no experimental data are available, by combining ΔcP with the experimental values of molar heat capacities.