Heat of formation of CaCl/sub 2/. 2CH/sub 3/OH and CaCl/sub 2/. 2C/sub 2/H/sub 5/OH by solution calorimetry

In recent years many types of materials have been proposed for the storage of energy. In all storage concepts the amount of energy that can be stored is of utmost importance. Recent thermochemical research has focused on salt hydrates and ammoniates and only limited data exists for the alcoholates of interest in this work. Therefore, the enthalpies of formation of CaCl/sub 2/.2CH/sub 3/OH and CaCl/sub 2/.2C/sub 2/H/sub 5/OH have been determined by solution calorimetry as -(1309 +- 2) and -(1392 +- 2) kJ mol/sup -1/, respectively.