Carbon Tetrachloride

• Formula: CCl₄
• Molecular weight: 153.823
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CCl4/c2-1(3,4)5 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VZGDMQKNWNREIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 56-23-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methane, tetrachloro-; Benzinoform; Carbon chloride (CCl4); Carbona; Fasciolin; Flukoids; Freon 10; Necatorina; Perchloromethane; Tetrachlorocarbon; Tetrachloromethane; Tetrafinol; Tetraform; Tetrasol; Univerm; Vermoestricid; CCl4; Benzenoform; Carbon tet; Methane tetrachloride; Czterochlorek wegla; ENT 4,705; Halon 1040; Necatorine; R 10; Tetrachloorkoolstof; Tetrachloormetaan; Tetrachlorkohlenstoff, tetra; Tetrachlormethan; Tetrachlorure de carbone; Tetraclorometano; Tetracloruro di carbonio; Chlorid uhlicity; ENT 27164; Rcra waste number U211; UN 1846; Katharin; Seretin; Thawpit; NSC 97063; R 10 (Refrigerant)
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Normal melting point

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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Ott, Woodfield, et al., 1987
Ott, J.B.; Woodfield, B.F.; Guanquan, C.; Boerio-Goates, J.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + Liquid) Phase Equilibriain Acetonitrile + Tetrachloromethane, + Trichloromethane, + Trichlorofluoromethane, and + 1,1,1-Trichlorotrifluoromethane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1987, 19, 177. [all data]

Guanquan, Ott, et al., 1986
Guanquan, C.; Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., (Solid+liquid) phase equilibria and solid-compound formation in 1,2-dimethoxyethane+tetrachloromethane, +trichlorofluoromethane, and +trichloromethane, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 31. [all data]

Guanquan, Ott, et al., 1986, 2
Guanquan, C.; Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria and Solid-Compound Formation in Tetrachloromethane + furan, + Pyridine, and + N-methylpyrrole, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1986, 18, 603. [all data]

Boerio-Goates, Goates, et al., 1985
Boerio-Goates, J.; Goates, S.R.; Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., Enthalpies of formation of molecular addition compds. in tetrachloro-methane +p-xylene, +toluene, and +benzene from (solid + liquid) phase equilibria, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1985, 17, 665. [all data]

Ott and Goates, 1983
Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R., (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria in Binary Mixtures Containing Benzene, a Cycloalkane, an n-Alkane, or Tetrachloromethane. An Equation for Representing (Solid + liquid) Phase Equilibria, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 267-78. [all data]

Silver and Rudman, 1970
Silver, L.; Rudman, R., Polymorphism of the Crystalline Methylchloromethane Compounds. A Differential Scanning Calorimetric Study, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 3134-9. [all data]

Stokes, Marsh, et al., 1969
Stokes, R.H.; Marsh, K.N.; Tomlins, R.P., An isothermal displacement calorimeter for endothermic enthalpies of mixing, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1969, 1, 211-21. [all data]

Gray, 1967
Gray, A.P., Personal communication to L. Silva and R. Rudman, 1967. [all data]

Ott, Goates, et al., 1964
Ott, J.B.; Goates, J.R.; Mangelson, N.F., Solid compound formation in the ccl(4) mixtures of p-dioxane with ccl(4), cbrcl(3), and cfcl(3): solid-liquid phase equilibria in binary and cfcl(3) systems, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 203. [all data]

Rastogi and Nigam, 1959
Rastogi, R.P.; Nigam, R.K., Thermodynamic Properties of Binary Mixtures of Benzene, Cyclohexane and Carbon Tetrachloride, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 2005. [all data]

Dunlop, 1955
Dunlop, A.K., Melting Point of Carbon Tetrachloride, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 2016. [all data]

Neff and Hickman, 1955
Neff, J.A.; Hickman, J.B., Total Pressure of Certain Binary Liquid Mixtures, J. Phys. Chem., 1955, 59, 42-5. [all data]

Dreisbach and Martin, 1949
Dreisbach, R.R.; Martin, R.A., Physical Data on Some Organic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2875-8. [all data]

Kennard and McCusker, 1948
Kennard, S.M.S.; McCusker, P.A., Some systems of carbon halides with dixane, pyridine and cyclohexane, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 3375. [all data]

Vanderwerf, Davidson, et al., 1948
Vanderwerf, C.A.; Davidson, A.W.; Michaelis, C.I., Compound Formation Betwee 2,6-Lutidine and Polyhalogenated Methanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1948, 70, 908. [all data]

Turkevich and Smyth, 1940
Turkevich, A.; Smyth, C.P., Molecular Rotation and Polymorphism in the Methyl Chloromethanes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1940, 62, 2468-74. [all data]

Van de Vloed, 1939
Van de Vloed, A., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1939, 48, 229. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Johnston and Long, 1934
Johnston, H.L.; Long, E.A., The transition point of carbon tetrachloride as a fixed point in thermometry the melting point heats of transition and of fusion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 31-5. [all data]

Skau and Meier, 1929
Skau, E.L.; Meier, H.F., The Transistion Temperature of Carbon Tetrachloride as A Fixed Point in Thermometry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, 51, 3517-9. [all data]

Timmermans, 1929
Timmermans, J., The Melting Point of Organic Substances Capable of Being Used as Reference Points at Low Temperatures, Commun. Kamerlingh Onnes Lab. Univ. Leiden, 1929, 1929, Suppl. No. 64. [all data]

McCullough and Phipps, 1928
McCullough, J.C.; Phipps, H.E., Thermometry, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1928, 50, 2213-7. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Beckmann and Waentig, 1910
Beckmann, E.; Waentig, P., Cryoscopic Measurements at Low Temperatures, Z. Anorg. Chem., 1910, 67, 17. [all data]

Timmermans, 1909
Timmermans, J., New Research on the Density of Liquids below Zero., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1909, 22, 427. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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