Melting point |
-23 °C |
Boiling point |
76-77 °C(lit.) |
Density |
1.594 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
vapor density |
5.32 (vs air) |
vapor pressure |
4.05 psi ( 20 °C) |
refractive index |
n20/D 1.460(lit.) |
Flash point |
−2 °F |
storage temp. |
2-8°C |
solubility |
Miscible with ethanol, benzene, chloroform, ether, carbon disulfide (U.S. EPA, 1985), petroleum
ether, solvent naphtha, and volatile oils (Yoshida et al., 1983a). |
form |
Liquid |
color |
Clear colorless |
Odor |
Ethereal, sweet, pungent odor detectable at 140 to 584 ppm (mean = 252 ppm) |
Relative polarity |
0.052 |
Odor Threshold |
4.6ppm |
Water Solubility |
0.8 g/L (20 ºC) |
λmax |
λ: 265 nm Amax: 1.0 λ: 270 nm Amax: 0.30 λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.07 λ: 290 nm Amax: 0.02 λ: 300-400 nm Amax: 0.01 |
Merck |
13,1826 |
BRN |
1098295 |
Henry's Law Constant |
2.15 at 30 °C (headspace-GC, Sanz et al., 1997) |
Exposure limits |
NIOSH REL: STEL 1 hour 2 ppm, IDLH 200 ppm; OSHA PEL: TWA
10 ppm, C 25 ppm, 5-minute/4-hour peak 200 ppm; ACGIH TLV: TWA 5 ppm. |
Dielectric constant |
2.2(20℃) |
InChIKey |
VZGDMQKNWNREIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
LogP |
2.830 |
CAS DataBase Reference |
56-23-5(CAS DataBase Reference) |
IARC |
2B (Vol. 20, Sup 7, 71) 1999 |
NIST Chemistry Reference |
Carbon tetrachloride(56-23-5) |
EPA Substance Registry System |
Carbon tetrachloride (56-23-5) |