Agency

ISO
USP/NF
reag. Ph. Eur.

Quality Level

100

vapor density

2.77 (vs air)

vapor pressure

166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)
74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

grade

puriss. p.a.

Assay

≥99.7%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1043 °F

expl. lim.

8 %

impurities

≤0.0002% free alkali (as NH₃)
≤0.0004% free acid (as HCl)
≤0.001% non-volatile matter
≤0.03% water (Karl Fischer)
≤1 ppm thiophene

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.5000-1.5020
n20/D 1.501 (lit.)

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

5.5 °C (lit.)

transition temp

solidification point ≥5.2 °C

density

0.874 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg
B: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cu: ≤0.01 mg/kg
Fe: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Pb: ≤0.01 mg/kg
Sn: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤0.01 mg/kg

SMILES string

c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H

InChI key

UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N