| Melting point |
-48 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point |
138-139 °C (lit.) |
| Density |
0.868 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
| vapor density |
3.7 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure |
16 mm Hg ( 37.7 °C) |
| refractive index |
n20/D 1.497(lit.) |
| Flash point |
77 °F |
| storage temp. |
2-8°C |
| solubility |
Miscible with many organic solvents, including alcohol and ether |
| form |
Liquid |
| pka |
>15 (Christensen et al., 1975) |
| color |
Colorless |
| Odor |
Like benzene; characteristic aromatic. |
| Odor Threshold |
0.041ppm |
| explosive limit |
1.1-7%(V) |
| Water Solubility |
Miscible with organic solvents. Immiscible with water. |
| Merck |
14,10081 |
| BRN |
605441 |
| Henry's Law Constant |
14.80 at 45.00 °C, 17.26.4 at 50.00 °C, 19.90 at 55.00 °C, 23.01.3 at 60.00 °C, 27.46.3 at 70.00 °C
(static headspace-GC, Park et al., 2004) |
| Exposure limits |
NIOSH REL: 100 ppm (435 mg/m3), STEL 150 ppm (655 mg/m3), IDLH 900
ppm; OSHA PEL: TWA 100 ppm; ACGIH TLV: TWA 100 ppm, STEL 150 ppm (adopted). |
| Dielectric constant |
2.3999999999999999 |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions |
FRAGRANCE
PERFUMING
SOLVENT |
| InChI |
1S/C8H10/c1-7-4-3-5-8(2)6-7/h3-6H,1-2H3 |
| InChIKey |
IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES |
Cc1cccc(C)c1 |
| LogP |
3.16 at 20℃ |
| Surface tension |
28.47mN/m at 298.15K |
| CAS DataBase Reference |
108-38-3(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference |
Benzene, 1,3-dimethyl-(108-38-3) |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
m-Xylene (108-38-3) |
| ECETOC JACC REPORT |
m-Xylene (108-38-3) |
