Chloromethane (data page)
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This page provides supplementary chemical data on chloromethane.
Safety data sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommended that you seek the safety data sheet for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions. SDS for chloromethane is available at Supelco Inc
Structure and properties
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| Index of refraction,[1] nD | 1.3389 |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant,[2] εr | 12.9 ε0 at 25 °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Dipole moment | 1.9 D |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Acentric factor | 0.153 |
| Critical compressibility | 0.268247 |
| Compressibility factor | 0.985 |
| Density [3] | 1002.9 kg/m3 at -24.2 °C (liquid) 2.55 kg/m3 at -24.2 °C (gas) 2.22 kg/m3 at 0 °C (gas) 2.134 kg/m3 at 15 °C (gas) |
| Surface tension[4] | 19.5 dyn/cm at 0 °C 17.8 dyn/cm at 10 °C 16.2 dyn/cm at 20 °C |
| Viscosity[5] | 0.2280 mPa·s at 0 °C 0.1784 mPa·s at 20 °C 0.1440 mPa·s at 40 °C |
| Thermal conductivity | 10.5 mW/(m·K) at 0 °C |
Thermodynamic properties
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| Triple point | 175.43 K (–97.72 °C), 870 Pa |
| Critical point | 416 K (143 °C), 6714.4 kPa |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH |
6.43 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS |
36.66 J/(mol·K) |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH |
21.535 kJ/mol at –24.21 °C 20.09 kJ/mol at 20 °C |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS |
86.51 J/(mol·K) at –24.21 °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) |
| Template:Chembox header | Liquid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
–86.37 kJ/mol at 25 °C |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
140.08 J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, cp | 81.2 J/(mol K) at 15 °C |
| Template:Chembox header | Gas properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
–83.68 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
234.36 J/(mol K) at 100 kPa |
| Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH |
–764.0 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, cp | 40.70 J/(mol K) at 25 °C |
| van der Waals' constants[6] | a = 757.0 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.06483 liter per mole |
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 | — | –92.4 | –76.0 | –63.0 | –38.0 | –24.0 | –6.4 | 22.0 | 47.3 | 77.3 | 113.8 | 137.5 |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

Spectral data
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| λmax | ? nm |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |
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| Major absorption bands | ? cm−1 |
| Template:Chembox header | NMR | |
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References
- ↑ Template:Cite web
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- ↑ Air Liquide Gas Encyclopedia
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp. 1661–1663
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Template:Cite web
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp. 1522–1524