Nitromethane (data page)
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This page provides supplementary chemical data on nitromethane.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. MSDS is available from Mallinckrodt Baker.[1]
Structure and properties
| Template:Chembox header | Structure and properties | |
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| Index of refraction, nD | 1.3817 at 20 °C [2] |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, εr | 37.27 ε0 at 20 °C [3] |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | −21.0·10−6 cm3/mol[4] |
| Surface tension | 39.04 dyn/cm at 10 °C 36.53 dyn/cm at 25 °C 32.33 dyn/cm at 50 °C[5] |
| Viscosity | 0.63 cP at 25 °C[6] |
Thermodynamic properties
| Template:Chembox header | Phase behavior | |
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| Triple point | 244.77 K (−23.38 °C), ? Pa |
| Critical point | 588 K (315 °C), 5870 kPa[7] |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH |
9.7 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS |
39.6 J/(mol·K) |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH |
38.3 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS |
128.36 J/(mol·K) |
| 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 |
−112. kJ/mol[8] |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
171.9 J/(mol·K)[8] |
| Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH |
−709 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, cp | 106.6 J/(mol·K)[8] |
| Template:Chembox header | Gas properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH |
−80.8 kJ/mol[8] |
| Standard molar entropy, S |
282.9 J/(mol·K)[8] |
| Heat capacity, cp[9] | 55.5 J/(mol·K) at 25 °C[8] |
Vapor pressure of liquid
| Template:Chembox header | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 |
| Template:Chembox header | T in °C | −29.0 | 2.8 | 27.5 | 46.6 | 82.0 | 101.2 |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

Distillation data
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Spectral data
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| λmax | ? nm |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |
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| Major absorption bands | ? cm−1 |
| Template:Chembox header | NMR | |
| Proton NMR | |
| Carbon-13 NMR | |
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| Template:Chembox header | MS | |
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