Monday, February 7, 2011

Allyl chloride

   Allyl chloride is the colorless liquid is insoluble in water but soluble in common organic solvents. This chemical is broadly used for the manufacturing of plastics.

   Allyl chloride is a highly reactive organic chemical. In its pure form, allyl chloride is a clear, colorless liquid with an unpleasant, pungent odor.    The chemical the formula of Allyl cloride is CH2=CHCH2Cl .

Chemical and physical properties of the pure substance:

Description: Colourless to pale yellow liquid with an unpleasant pungent odour (Budavari, 1996)

Boiling-point: 45.1°C (Lide, 1997)

Melting-point: -134.5°C (Lide, 1997)

Solubility: Slightly soluble in water (0.36 g/100 g at 20°C); miscible with ethanol, diethyl ether, chloroform and petroleum ether (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1991; Budavari, 1996)


Vapour pressure: 45 kPa at 20°C; relative vapour density (air = 1), 2.64 (Verschueren,1996)

 Flash point: -31°C, closed cup (Budavari, 1996)

Explosive limits: Upper, 11.1%; lower, 3.3% by volume in air (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1991)

 Reactivity: Highly reactive and flammable (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1991)

Conversion factor: mg/m3 = 3.13 × ppm
 

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