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Chloromethane (data page)



This page provides supplementary chemical data on chloromethane.

Contents

Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions. MSDS for chloromethane is available at Safety Information Resources, inc.

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction,[1] nD 1.3389
Abbe number  ?
Dielectric constant,[2] εr 12.9 ε0 at 25 °C
Bond strength  ?
Bond length  ?
Bond angle  ?
Dipole moment 1.9 D
Magnetic susceptibility  ?
Acentric factor 0.153
Critical compressibility 0.268247
Compressibility factor 0.985
Density [3] 1002.9 kg/m3 at -24.2 °C (liquid)
2.55 kg/m3 at -24.2 °C (gas)
2.22 kg/m3 at 0 °C (gas)
2.134 kg/m3 at 15 °C (gas)
Surface tension[4] 19.5 dyn/cm at 0°C
17.8 dyn/cm at 10°C
16.2 dyn/cm at 20°C
Viscosity[5] 0.2280 mPa·s at 0°C
0.1784 mPa·s at 20°C
0.1440 mPa·s at 40°C
Thermal conductivity 10.5 mW/(m·K) at 0 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point 175.43 K (–97.72 °C), 870 Pa
Critical point 416 K (143 °C), 6714.4 kPa
Std enthalpy change
of fusion, ΔfusHo 		6.43 kJ/mol
Std entropy change
of fusion, ΔfusSo 		36.66 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change
of vaporization, ΔvapHo 		21.535 kJ/mol at –24.21°C
20.09 kJ/mol at 20°C
Std entropy change
of vaporization, ΔvapSo 		86.51 J/(mol·K) at –24.21°C
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHosolid 		 ? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy,
Sosolid 		 ? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp  ? J/(mol K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHoliquid 		–86.37 kJ/mol at 25°C
Standard molar entropy,
Soliquid 		140.08 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp 81.2 J/(mol K) at 15°C
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHogas 		–83.68 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy,
Sogas 		234.36 J/(mol K) at 100 kPa
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHogas –764.0 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp 40.70 J/(mol K) at 25°C
van der Waals' constants[6] a = 757.0 L2 kPa/mol2
b = 0.06483 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg 1 10 40 100 400 760 1520 3800 7600 15200 30400 45600
T in °C   — –92.4 –76.0 –63.0 –38.0 –24.0 –6.4 22.0 47.3 77.3 113.8 137.5

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

 

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λmax  ? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε  ?
IR
Major absorption bands  ? cm−1
NMR
Proton NMR  
Carbon-13 NMR  
Other NMR data  
MS
Masses of
main fragments 		 

References

  1. ^ Methyl Chloride. Inchem. Retrieved on 30 May 2007.
  2. ^ Dielectric Constants Chart. ASI Instruments. Retrieved on 30 May 2007.
  3. ^ [http://encyclopedia.airliquide.com/encyclopedia.asp?LanguageID=11&CountryID=19&Formula=&GasID=18&UNNumber= Air Liquide Gas Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1661-1663
  5. ^ a b Pure Component Properties (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved on 30 May 2007.
  6. ^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
  • NIST Standard Reference Database.

Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.

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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Chloromethane_(data_page)". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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