Glycerin

• Formula: C₃H₈O₃
• Molecular weight: 92.0938
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O3/c4-1-3(6)2-5/h3-6H,1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 56-81-5
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• Other names: 1,2,3-Propanetriol; Glycerol; Glycerine; Glyceritol; Glycyl alcohol; Glyrol; Glysanin; Osmoglyn; Propanetriol; Trihydroxypropane; Synthetic glycerin; 90 Technical glycerin; Dagralax; Glycerin, anhydrous; Glycerin, synthetic; Ophthalgan; Synthetic glycerine; Vitrosupos; 1,2,3-Trihydroxypropane; 90 Technical glycerine; Clyzerin, wasserfrei; Grocolene; MOON; Star; Optim; Bulbold; Cristal; Emery 912; Incorporation factor; Pricerine 9091; Propane-1,2,3-triol; Emery 916; IFP; NSC 9230; Auralgan (Salt/Mix); Collyrium Fresh-Eye Drops (Salt/Mix)
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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.

Mellan, 1962
Mellan, I., Polyhydric Alcohols, Spartan Books: Washington, DC, 1962. [all data]

Costello and Bowden, 1958
Costello, J.M.; Bowden, S.T., The Temperature Variation of Orthobaric Density Difference in Liquid-Vapor Systems III. Alcohols, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1958, 77, 36-46. [all data]

Yoshida, 1944
Yoshida, U., Structural relaxation of amorphous solids and the cybotactic structure of super-cooled liquids, Mem. Coll. Sci., Univ. Kyoto, Ser. A, 1944, 24, 135. [all data]

Albright, 1937
Albright, P.S., Exper. Tests of Recent Theories Descriptive of the Salting-out Effect, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2098. [all data]

Volmer and Marder, 1931
Volmer, M.; Marder, M., Zur theorie der linearen kristallistionsgeschwindigkeit unterkuhlter schmelzen und unterkuhlter fester modifikationen, Z. Physik. Chem., 1931, 154A, 97-112. [all data]

Pushin and Glagoleva, 1922
Pushin, N.A.; Glagoleva, A.A., Equilibrium in systems composed of water and alcohols: methyl alcohol, pinacone, glycerol, and erythritol, J. Chem. Soc., 1922, 121, 2813-22. [all data]

Jaeger, 1917
Jaeger, F.M., On the temperature curve of molecular free surface energy of liquids with temperature range of -80 to +1650c, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1917, 101, 1. [all data]

Tammann, 1913
Tammann, G., The determination of the fusion curves of some substances melting at low temperatures., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1913, 81, 187-203. [all data]

Berthelot, 1879
Berthelot, M., C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1879, 89, 119. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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