- Nitromethane (data page)
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This page provides supplementary chemical data on nitromethane.
Contents
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. MSDS is available from Mallinckrodt Baker.
Structure and properties
Structure and properties Index of refraction, nD 1.3935 at 20°C Abbe number ? Dielectric constant, εr 35.87 ε0 at 30 °C Bond strength ? Bond length ? Bond angle ? Magnetic susceptibility ? Surface tension[1] 39.8 dyn/cm at 0°C
36.8 dyn/cm at 20°C
26.1 dyn/cm at 100°CViscosity[2] 0.853 mPa·s at 0°C
0.620 mPa·s at 25°CThermodynamic properties
Phase behavior Triple point 244.77 K (–23.38 °C), ? Pa Critical point 588 K (315 °C), 5870 kPa Std enthalpy change
of fusion, ΔfusHo9.7 kJ/mol Std entropy change
of fusion, ΔfusSo39.6 J/(mol·K) Std enthalpy change
of vaporization, ΔvapHo38.3 kJ/mol Std entropy change
of vaporization, ΔvapSo128.36 J/(mol·K) Solid properties Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHosolid? kJ/mol Standard molar entropy,
Sosolid? J/(mol K) Heat capacity, cp ? J/(mol K) Liquid properties Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHoliquid–113 kJ/mol Standard molar entropy,
Soliquid171.75 J/(mol K) Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH oliquid–709 kJ/mol Heat capacity, cp 105.98 J/(mol K) Gas properties Std enthalpy change
of formation, ΔfHogas–81 kJ/mol Standard molar entropy,
Sogas? J/(mol K) Heat capacity, cp[3] 57.3 J/(mol K) at 25°C Vapor pressure of liquid
P in mm Hg 1 10 40 100 400 760 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
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium
for Nitromethane/Ethanol[4]
P = 730 mm HgBP
Temp.
°C% by mole ethanol liquid vapor 97.7 3.0 15.7 93.4 4.7 22.3 88.9 8.5 32.9 86.1 12.2 39.5 83.6 16.6 45.3 80.6 25.6 52.9 79.2 31.8 56.3 77.9 45.1 63.5 77.0 53.9 66.9 77.1 58.9 68.6 76.5 64.6 70.5 76.4 72.4 74.0 76.6 78.7 77.3 76.5 81.9 79.4 76.7 85.9 82.2 76.9 91.4 87.1 77.7 95.3 93.0 77.8 97.3 96.5 Vapor-liquid Equilibrium
for Nitromethane/Methanol[4]
P = 730 mm HgBP
Temp.
°C% by mole methanol liquid vapor 96.9 1.5 13.3 93.1 2.6 22.8 89.1 4.8 33.4 84.8 7.5 42.9 82.1 9.6 48.4 77.9 15.2 57.0 72.9 25.4 67.3 71.1 31.4 70.4 68.2 42.6 74.7 67.3 49.3 76.1 65.6 67.8 81.8 65.1 74.7 83.8 65.0 81.3 86.4 64.6 88.6 90.1 64.5 91.4 92.1 64.4 96.0 95.6 64.5 99.4 99.3 Spectral data
UV-Vis λmax ? nm Extinction coefficient, ε ? IR Major absorption bands ? cm−1 NMR Proton NMR Carbon-13 NMR Other NMR data MS Masses of
main fragmentsReferences
- ^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1661-1663
- ^ CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 44th ed. pp 2258-2263
- ^ a b "Pure Component Properties". Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. http://www.cheric.org/research/kdb/hcprop/cmpsrch.php. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
- ^ a b "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. http://www.cheric.org/research/kdb/hcvle/hcvle.php. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.
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