Table B–1: Properties of common solvents (continued)
Solvent Vapor pressure mm Hg
(Torr)
Boiling
point (°C)
Flash
point (°C)
n-butyl alcohol 4.4 at 20 °C 117.5 37
n-butyl chloride 80.1 at 20 °C 78.44 -9
Chlorobenzene 8.8 at 20 °C 131.69 28
Chloroform 158.4 at 20 °C 61.15
Cyclohexane 77.5 at 20 °C 80.72 -20
Cyclopentane 400 at 20 °C 49.26 -7
o-Dichlorobenzene 1.2 at 20 °C 180.48 66
Dichloromethane 350 at 20 °C 39.75
Dimethyl acetamide 1.3 at 25 °C 166.1 70
N, N-Dimethylformamide 2.7 at 20 °C 153.0 58
Dimethyl sulfoxide 0.6 at 25 °C 189.0 88
1, 4-Dioxane 29 at 20 °C 101.32 12
Ethyl acetate 73 at 20 °C 77.11 -4
Ethyl alcohol 43.9 at 20 °C 78.32 15
Ethyl ether 442 at 20 °C 34.55 -45
Ethylene dichloride 83.35 at 20 °C 83.48 13
Heptane 35.5 at 20 °C 98.43 -4
Hexane 124 at 20 °C 68.7 -22
Iso-octane 41 at 20 °C 99.24 -12
Isobutyl alcohol 8.8 at 20 °C 107.7 28
Isopropyl alcohol 32.4 at 20 °C 82.26 12
Isopropyl myristate <1 at 20 °C 182.6 164
Methanol 97 at 20 °C 64.7 11
Methyl t-butyl ether 240 at 20 °C 55.2 -28
Methyl ethyl ketone 74 at 20 °C 79.64 -9
Methyl isobutyl ketone 16 at 20 °C 117.4 18
N-Methylpyrrolidone 0.33 at 25 °C 202.0 86
Pentane 420 at 20 °C 36.07 -49
n-Propyl alcohol 15 at 20 °C 97.2 23
Propylene carbonate 241.7 135
Pyridine 18 at 25 °C 115.25 20
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