A vapor pressure equation for heavy compounds

A vapor pressure calculation procedure based on a lattice equation is applied to several compounds. Originally, the method was used to predict low vapor pressures of heavy hydrocarbons. In this work, the method is used at low vapor pressure for nonhydrocarbons, and a modified version is employed at high vapor pressure for n-alkanes. As the procedures require the knowledge of one vapor pressure datum only, they work in a predictive mode. Prediction for hydrocarbons is good and for nonhydrocarbons is poor. Prediction of n-alkanes high vapor pressure is good with an overall average relative absolute deviation under 6 percent.