Published data on the vaporization of the lanthanide trihalides have been reviewed, and enthalpies of sublimation at 298.15 K have been calculated by the secondand third-law methods using thermodynamic functions for gaseous and condensed states developed in an internally consistent manner. Preferred values of the third-law enthalpies were selected, primarily on the basis of agreement between the secondand third-law results. The selected values for the fluorides and chlorides show variations from a smooth trend across the lanthanide series greater than would be expected from experimental uncertainties, while the results for the bromides and iodides exhibit relatively smooth behavior.There has been considerable recent interest in the vaporization behavior and thermodynamics of the lanthanide trihalides; over 20 studies have been reported in the past 15 years. Most Sml3 to Lul3 (5). For each structure type, a plot of Hm vs. 7m is essentially linear, and, using the melting points given by Brown (5), enthalpies of fusion are estimated to be (kcal/mol) the fol-