Ethane (data page)
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This page provides supplementary chemical data on ethane.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions.
Structure and properties
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| Index of refraction, nD | ? |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, εr | ? ε0 at ? °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Surface tension | 21.16 dyn/cm at −119.9 °C |
Thermodynamic properties
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| Triple point | 91 K (−182 °C), 1.1 Pa |
| Critical point | 305.3 K (32.2 °C), 4.9 MPa |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH |
9.76 kJ/mol at −182 °C |
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS |
6.46 J/(mol·K) at −182 °C |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH crystal I → liquid |
14.703 kJ/mol at −89.0 °C |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS crystal I → liquid |
79.87 J/(mol·K) at −89.0 °C |
| Std enthalpy change of state transition, ΔtrsH crystal II → crystal I |
2.282 kJ/mol at −183.3 °C |
| Std entropy change of state transition, ΔtrsS crystal II → crystal I |
25.48 kJ/mol at −183.3 °C |
| Template:Chembox header | Solid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
? kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | ? J/(mol K) |
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| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
? kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
126.7 J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | 68.5 J/(mol K) at −179 °C |
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| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
−83.8 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
229.6 J/(mol K) |
| Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH |
−1560.7 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, cp | 52.49 J/(mol K) at 25 °C |
| van der Waals' constants[1] | a = 556.2 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.06380 L/mol |
Vapor pressure of liquid
| Template:Chembox header | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 | 1520 | 3800 | 7600 | 15200 | 30400 | 45600 |
| Template:Chembox header | T in °C | −159.5 | −142.9 | −129.8 | −119.3 | −99.6 | −88.6 | −75.0 | −52.8 | −32.0 | −6.4 | 23.6 | — |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

Melting point data
Mean value for acceptable data: −183.01 °C (90.14 K).
Sources used, from ONS Open Melting Point Collection:[3]
Values considered "outliers", not included in averaging:
Spectral data
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| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |
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References
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp. 1522–1524
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