Example Calculation
Acetone is fragmented in two different groups, one carbonyl group and two methyl groups. For the critical volume the following calculation results:
Vc = 40 + 60.0 + 2 * 55.0 = 210 cm3
In the literature the values 215.90 cm3, 230.5 cm3 and 209.0 cm3 are published.
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