Liquid heat capacities of n-octadecane, n-nonadecane, n-docosane, n-oc
tacosane, n-triacontane, n-hexatriacontane and n-pentacontane in the t
emperature range 373-473 K and of squalane and 2, 6, 10, 14-tetramethy
lpentadecane, in the temperature range 303-403 K have been measured by
DSC. Experimental results were used to verify the applicability of th
e Benson group contribution method to heavy n- and iso-alkanes.