Ethanol
- Formula: C2H6O
- Molecular weight: 46.0684
- IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- CAS Registry Number: 64-17-5
- Chemical structure:
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- Other names: Ethyl alcohol; Alcohol; Alcohol anhydrous; Algrain; Anhydrol; Denatured ethanol; Ethyl hydrate; Ethyl hydroxide; Jaysol; Jaysol S; Methylcarbinol; SD Alchol 23-hydrogen; Tecsol; C2H5OH; Absolute ethanol; Cologne spirit; Fermentation alcohol; Grain alcohol; Molasses alcohol; Potato alcohol; Aethanol; Aethylalkohol; Alcohol, dehydrated; Alcool ethylique; Alcool etilico; Alkohol; Cologne spirits; Denatured alcohol CD-10; Denatured alcohol CD-5; Denatured alcohol CD-5a; Denatured alcohol SD-1; Denatured alcohol SD-13a; Denatured alcohol SD-17; Denatured alcohol SD-23a; Denatured alcohol SD-28; Denatured alcohol SD-3a; Denatured alcohol SD-30; Denatured alcohol SD-39b; Denatured alcohol SD-39c; Denatured alcohol SD-40m; Etanolo; Ethanol 200 proof; Ethyl alc; Etylowy alkohol; EtOH; NCI-C03134; Spirits of wine; Spirt; Alkoholu etylowego; Ethyl alcohol anhydrous; SD alcohol 23-hydrogen; UN 1170; Tecsol C; Alcare Hand Degermer; Absolute alcohol; Denatured alcohol; Ethanol, silent spirit; Ethylol; Punctilious ethyl alcohol; SD 3A
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Critical density
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ρc (mol/l) | Reference | Comment |
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5.97 ± 0.02 | Gude and Teja, 1995 | |
5.99 | Teja, Lee, et al., 1989 | TRC |
5.93 | Mousa, 1987 | Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 mol/l; TRC |
5.97 | Efremov, 1966 | TRC |
6.01 | Skaates and Kay, 1964 | TRC |
5.980 | Young, 1910 | TRC |
6.21 | Ramsay and Young, 1886 | TRC |
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.
Gude and Teja, 1995
Gude, M.; Teja, A.S.,
Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 4. Aliphatic Alkanols,
J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1995, 40, 1025-1036. [all data]
Teja, Lee, et al., 1989
Teja, A.S.; Lee, R.J.; Rosenthal, D.J.; Anselme, M.J.,
Correlation of the Critical Properties of Alkanes and Alkanols
in 5th IUPAC Conference on Alkanes and AlkanolsGradisca, 1989. [all data]
Mousa, 1987
Mousa, A.H.N.,
Critical properties, heat of vaporization and vapour pressure of ethanol from 20 kpa to the critical point,
J. Chem. Eng. Jpn., 1987, 20, 635. [all data]
Efremov, 1966
Efremov, Yu.V.,
Density, Surface Tension, Saturated Vapor Pressurs and Critical Parameters of Alcohols,
Zh. Fiz. Khim., 1966, 40, 1240. [all data]
Skaates and Kay, 1964
Skaates, J.M.; Kay, W.B.,
The Phase Relations of Binary Systems that Form Azeotropes: N-Alkyl Alcohol-Benzene Systems: Methanol Through N-Butanol,
Chem. Eng. Sci., 1964, 19, 431-44. [all data]
Young, 1910
Young, S.,
The Internal Heat of Vaporization constants of thirty pure substances,
Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1910, 12, 374. [all data]
Ramsay and Young, 1886
Ramsay, W.; Young, S.,
On Evaporation and Dissociation. II. A Study of the Thermal Properties of Alcohol.,
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, 1886, 177, 123-56. [all data]
Notes
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ρc Critical density - Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
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