
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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