Physical Properties of Solvents

Solvent Name

Acetic acid
Acetic anhydride
Acetone
Acetonitrile
Benzene
Benzonitrile
1-Butanol
2-Butanone (or methyl ethyl ketone)
Butyl acetate
tert-Butyl methyl ether
Carbon disulfide
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
1-Chlorobutane (or butyl chloride)
Chloroform
Cyclohexane
Cyclopentane
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
Dichloromethane
Di(ethylene glycol) diethyl ether
(or 2-ethoxyethyl ether)
N,N-Dimethylacetamide
N,N-Dimethylformamide
1,4-Dioxane
Ether
Ethyl acetate
Ethyl alcohol
Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether
(or monoglyme)
Heptane
Hexane
Hexanes
2-Methoxyethanol
2-Methoxyethyl acetate
Methyl alcohol
2-Methylbutane
3-Methyl-1-butanol
(or isoamyl alcohol)
4-Methyl-2-pentanone
(or methyl isobutyl ketone)
2-Methyl-1-propanol
(or isobutyl alcohol)
2-Methyl-2-propanol
1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone
Methyl sulfoxide
Nitromethane
1-Octanol
Pentane
3-Pentanone
1-Propanol
2-Propanol
Propylene carbonate
Pyridine
Tetrachloroethylene
Tetrahydrofuran
Toluene
1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane
2,2,4-Trimethylpentane
Water
m-Xylene
o-Xylene
p-Xylene

Density

Boiling
Point
(C)

Melting
Point
(C)

Flash
Point
(C)

Viscosity
(cp, 20 C)

Dielectric
Constant
(20C)

UV
Cutoff
(nm)

Refractive
Index
(20 C)

1.049
1.082
0.791
0.786
0.874
1.010
0.810
0.805
0.882
0.740
1.266
1.594
1.106
0.886
1.492
0.779
0.751
1.306
1.256
1.325
0.909

118
138-140
56
82
80
191
117.7
80
124-126
53-56
46
77
132
77-78
61
80
50
180
83
40
180-190

17
-73
-94
-48
6
-13
-90
-87
-78

-112
-23
-45
-123
-64
7
-94
-17
-35
-97

40
54
-17
5
-11
71
35
-3
22
-32
-30

23
-6

-18
-37
65
15

71

1.31(15)

0.32
0.37
0.65
1.24(25)
2.95
0.42(15)
0.73
0.27
0.37
0.97
0.80
0.35
0.58
0.98
0.44
1.32(25)
0.79
0.45(15)

6.15

20.7(25)
37.50
2.28

17.80
18.50

2.24
2.71

4.81
2.02
1.97
9.93(25)

9.08

330
190
280
300
215
329
254
210
380
263
287
225
245
200
200
295
225
233
260

1.372
1.390
1.359
1.344
1.501
1.528
1.399
1.379
1.394
1.369
1.627
1.460
1.524
1.402
1.446
1.426
1.400
1.551
1.445
1.424
1.412

0.937
0.944
1.034
0.706
0.902
0.816
0.867

165
153
100-102
34.6
77
78
85

-20
-61
12
-116
-84
-114
-58

70
57
12
-40
-3
16
0

2.14
0.92
1.44(15)
0.24
0.46
1.10(25)
0.46(25)

37.80
36.70
2.209(25)
4.34
6.02(25)
24.55(25)
7.20(25)

268
268
215
218
256
205
220

1.438
1.430
1.422
1.353
1.372
1.363
1.379

0.684
0.659
0.672
0.965
1.009
0.791
0.620
0.809

98
69
68-70
124-125
145
64.7
30
130

-91
-95

-85
-65
-98

-117

-1
-23
-22
46
43
11
-56
45

0.42
0.31

1.72

0.55

1.92
1.89

16.90

32.6(25)

220
200
210
210
254
205
192
215

1.387
1.375
1.379
1.402
1.402
1.329
1.354
1.406

0.801

117-118

-80

13

0.58

334

1.396

0.803

108

-108

27

4.70(15)

15.8(25)

200

1.396

0.775
1.028
1.101
1.127
0.827
0.626
0.813
0.804
0.785
1.189
0.978
1.623
0.889
0.865
1.570
0.692
1.000
0.868
0.870
0.866

83
81-82 (10mm)
189
101.2
196
35-36
102
97
82.4
240
115
121
65-67
110.6
47-48
98-99
100
138-139
143-145
138

25-26
-24
18.4
-29
-15
-130
-40
-127
-89.5
-55
-42
-22
-108
-93
-35
-107
0

-23
12

11
86
85
35
81
-49
-49
15
22
132
20

-17
4

-7

25
32
27

1.67(25)
2.24
0.67
10.6(15)
0.24

2.26
2.86(15)

0.95

0.55
0.59
0.69
0.50
1.00

0.81
0.65

32.00

1.84

20.1(25)
18.3(25)

12.3(25)

7.60
2.4(25)

1.94
78.54

2.57
2.27

215
285
268
380
215
200
330
210
210
235
330
290
212
284
231
215
<190

288
290

1.387
1.470
1.479
1.382
1.429
1.358
1.392
1.384
1.377
1.421
1.510
1.506
1.407
1.496
1.358
1.391
1.333
1.497
1.505
1.495