Chloromethane

• Formula: CH₃Cl
• Molecular weight: 50.488
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3Cl/c1-2/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NEHMKBQYUWJMIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 74-87-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methane, chloro-; Methyl chloride; Artic; Freon 40; Monochloromethane; CH3Cl; Chloor-methaan; Chlor-methan; Chlorure de methyle; Clorometano; Cloruro di metile; Methylchlorid; Metylu chlorek; R 40; Rcra waste number U045; UN 1063; Refrigerant R40
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Critical temperature

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References

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Mansoorian, Hall, et al., 1981
Mansoorian, H.; Hall, K.R.; Holste, J.C.; Eubank, P.T., The density of gaseous ethane and of fluid methyl chloride and the vapor pressure of methyl chloride, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1981, 13, 1001-24. [all data]

Hsu and McKetta, 1964
Hsu, C.C.; McKetta, J.J., Pressure-Volume-Temperature Properties of Methyl Chloride, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1964, 9, 1, 45-51, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60020a014 . [all data]

Herz, 1916
Herz, W., The laws of guldberg and trouton-nernst in homologous series of compounds, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1916, 95, 253-6. [all data]

Leduc, 1909
Leduc, A., Compressibility of gases between 0 atm and 3 atm and at all temperatures, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1909, 148, 407. [all data]

Centnerszwer, 1904
Centnerszwer, M., An Application of the Method of Cailletet and Mathias to Determine Critical Volume., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1904, 49, 199. [all data]

Vincent and Chappuis, 1886
Vincent, C.; Chappuis, J., J. Phys. Theor. Appl., 1886, 5, 58. [all data]

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tc	Critical temperature

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