| Abstract: | Because of their wide ranging applications, the properties of chlorofluoro carbons (CFCs) and their alternatives are studied and correlated in terms of the parameters derived from molecular structures. The properties correlated are of physical, thermodynamic and transport in nature. The input parameters include molar refraction (R M), molecular connectivity (χ) and van der Waals equation coefficients (a and b), all of which are easily estimated from molecular structures. The correlations developed for the 11 properties studied showed average absolute deviations ranging between 3.5% and 13.7%. The correlation coefficients calculated for the equations developed ranged between 0.9557 and 0.9921. |
