Curve Fitting Data to an Antoine Equation

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1 Experimental Vapor pressure data of Decane Using LINEST Function

Pressure Pressure
Temp. Expt. y x1 x2 Fitted -238.953 -286.484
Deg C mm Hg ln (P) 1/T ln(P)/T mm Hg 3.474042 2.792066
16.5 1 0.00 0.061 0.000 1.0 0.999583 0.047503
42.3 5 1.61 0.024 0.038 4.9
55.7 10 2.30 0.018 0.041 10.1 a1 -286.484
69.8 20 3.00 0.014 0.043 20.1 a2 -238.953
85.5 40 3.69 0.012 0.043 40.3 a0 17.375
95.5 60 4.09 0.010 0.043 60.6 R² 0.99958
108.6 100 4.61 0.009 0.042 100.0
128.4 200 5.30 0.008 0.041 199.0
150.6 400 5.99 0.007 0.040 396.2
174.1 760 6.63 0.006 0.038 757.5

3 Antoine Constants
A 17.375
B 4438.364 Pv vs T Expt. Fitted
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NEST Function

17.3753
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