Trichloroethylene (data page)

Template:Short description This page provides supplementary chemical data on trichloroethylene.

Material Safety Data Sheet

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• Mallinckrodt Baker.
• FLUKA.

Structure and properties

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Index of refraction,nD	1.4777 at 19.8 °C
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, εr	3.4 ε0 at 16 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	28.7 dyn/cm
Viscosity	0.53 mPa·s at 25 °C

Thermodynamic properties

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Triple point	188.4 K (−84.7 °C), ? Pa
Critical point	571 K (298 °C), 5016 kPa
Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusHo	8.45 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusSo	44.8 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapHo	31.4 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapSo	? J/(mol·K)
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Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHosolid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sosolid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	? J/(mol K)
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Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHoliquid	−53.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Soliquid	? J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHoliquid	−947.7 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp	120.1 J/(mol K)
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Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHogas	−19.1 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sogas	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp	80.7 J/(mol K) at 25 °C

Vapor pressure of liquid

Template:Chembox header | P in mm Hg	1	10	40	100	400	760
Template:Chembox header | T in °C	−43.8	−12.4	11.9	31.4	67.0	86.7

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

log₁₀ of Trichloroethylene vapor pressure. Uses formula: ${\log }_e{P}_{mmHg}=$${\log }_e(\frac{760}{101.325})-3.586434{\log }_e(T+273.15)-\frac{5142.974}{T+273.15}+39.83149+1.342324\times 10^{-6}(T+273.15{)}^2$ obtained from CHERIC

Distillation data

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Carbon tetrachloride P = 760 mmHg BP Temp. °C % by mole CCl4 liquid vapor 86.0 6.0 7.5 85.1 14.7 17.6 84.4 20.2 25.0 84.2 22.4 27.8 83.5 27.4 34.4 83.1 31.5 38.0 82.5 37.6 44.5 81.3 49.0 56.5 81.0 52.5 58.9 80.5 58.0 65.0 80.0 62.7 70.0 79.1 70.6 78.0 78.5 76.7 82.9 78.1 80.4 86.6 77.3 91.8 95.0 76.9 96.5 98.0

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Tetrachloroethylene P = 760 mmHg BP Temp. °C % by mole trichloroethylene liquid vapor 117.0 7.5 17.8 115.7 10.0 22.8 112.8 16.2 33.8 110.5 21.7 42.0 109.1 25.0 46.8 106.9 30.8 53.7 105.7 33.6 57.2 103.4 39.4 62.7 101.0 46.2 69.8 100.0 49.3 71.8 98.4 55.0 75.6 96.3 61.4 80.0 94.4 68.5 84.3 93.4 72.3 87.2 92.1 76.9 88.8 89.5 87.5 95.0

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Isopropanol P = 100 kPa BP Temp. °C % by mole trichloroethylene liquid vapor 81.7 0.0 0.0 81.4 0.8 2.1 80.4 3.2 8.0 79.3 6.8 14.7 78.3 10.6 20.9 77.2 15.6 27.3 76.3 21.8 33.7 75.6 29.0 39.4 75.2 35.7 43.7 74.9 43.3 47.7 74.8 50.9 50.8 74.8 57.3 53.9 75.0 63.2 56.2 75.3 69.5 58.7 75.7 75.2 61.1 76.2 79.8 64.1 77.4 86.2 68.8 78.9 90.8 74.5 80.5 94.1 80.1 81.3 94.9 83.0 82.5 96.7 87.1 83.5 97.9 90.7 84.2 98.5 92.9 85.0 99.1 95.1 86.4 100.0 100.0

Spectral data

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λmax	? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
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Major absorption bands	? cm−1
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Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
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Masses of main fragments

References

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