Hexane (data page)

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This page provides supplementary chemical data on n-hexane.

Contents

Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD1.3727 at 20 °C
Abbe number ?
Dielectric constant, εr1.890 ε0 at 20 °C
Bond strength  ?
Bond length
Bond angle  ?
Magnetic susceptibility  ?
Surface tension [1] 20.5 dyn/cm at 0 °C
18.4 dyn/cm at 20 °C
13.4 dyn/cm at 68 °C
Viscosity [2] 0.4012 mPa·s at 0 °C
0.3258 mPa·s at 20 °C
0.2798 mPa·s at 40 °C
0.2288 mPa·s at 80 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point 178.0 K (–95.1 °C), 1.23 Pa
Critical point 507.6 K (234.5 °C), 3020 kPa
Std enthalpy change
of fusion
, ΔfusHo
13 kJ/mol
Std entropy change
of fusion
, ΔfusSo
70 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change
of vaporization
, ΔvapHo
28.85 kJ/mol at 68.8 °C
Std entropy change
of vaporization
, ΔvapSo
 ? J/(mol·K)
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation
, ΔfHosolid
 ? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy,
Sosolid
 ? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp ? J/(mol K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation
, ΔfHoliquid
–198.7 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy,
Soliquid
295 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHo–4163 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp197.66 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change
of formation
, ΔfHogas
–167.2 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy,
Sogas
388.82 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, cp142.6 J/(mol K) at 25 °C
van der Waals' constants [3] a = 2471 L2 kPa/mol2
b = 0.1735 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg11040100400760152038007600152003040045600
T in °C–53.9–25.0–2.315.849.668.793.0131.7166.6209.4  

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

log10 of Hexane vapor pressure. Uses formula:
log
e
[?]
P
m
m
H
g
=
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{mmHg}=}
log
e
[?]
(
760
101.325
)
-
13.99935
log
e
[?]
(
T
+
273.15
)
-
7284.572
T
+
273.15
+
105.9605
+
1.410325
x
10
-
5
(
T
+
273.15
)
2
{\displaystyle \scriptstyle \log _{e}({\frac {760}{101.325}})-13.99935\log _{e}(T+273.15)-{\frac {7284.572}{T+273.15}}+105.9605+1.410325\times 10^{-5}(T+273.15)^{2}}
obtained from CHERIC LogHexaneVaoporPressure.png
log10 of Hexane vapor pressure. Uses formula: obtained from CHERIC

Distillation data

Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
of n-Hexane/Ethanol
[5]
P = 760 mm Hg
BP
Temp.
°C
 % by mole ethanol
liquidvapor
76.099.090.5
73.298.080.7
67.494.063.5
65.992.058.0
61.884.846.8
59.475.539.5
58.766.737.0
58.3554.836.0
58.141.235.0
58.033.034.0
58.2527.533.0
58.4523.532.5
59.1510.229.0
60.24.525.5
63.51.016.0
66.70.66.5
  
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
of n-Hexane/Methanol
[5]
P = 760 mm Hg
BP
Temp.
°C
 % by mole methanol
liquidvapor
56.91.030.0
51.32.241.8
51.24.043.9
50.59.547.7
49.917.549.1
50.028.349.6
49.940.549.7
49.052.550.2
49.970.450.0
49.972.450.0
50.284.651.6
50.185.451.6
50.287.551.5
51.490.655.0
51.290.655.1
51.792.256.0
51.692.356.0
52.894.961.2
53.895.763.5
54.796.566.4
55.896.569.5
55.696.869.4
58.297.776.8
57.997.875.5
63.099.393.5
63.599.5595.0
  
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium
of n-Hexane/n-Heptane
[5]
P = 101.0 kPa
BP
Temp.
°C
 % by mole hexane
liquidvapor
98.320.000.00
96.303.838.52
94.039.6419.86
92.3513.6327.31
90.3719.0436.00
88.2624.5944.07
85.9631.4652.58
83.2239.5362.36
82.4143.2165.34
80.8048.5370.30
79.7851.2372.70
78.7955.7176.22
77.1261.8780.74
75.5768.2484.95
74.9870.1286.15
73.5176.7989.93
81.4081.6092.40
70.5989.9196.37
68.66100.00100.00

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λmax  ? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε ?
IR
Major absorption bands ? cm1
NMR
Proton NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 1.35-1.23 (m, 8H), 0.91-0.86 (m, 6H)
Carbon-13 NMR (CDCl3, 25 MHz) δ 31.9, 22.9, 12.2
Other NMR data 
MS
Masses of
main fragments
 


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References

  1. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed, pp 1661-1663
  2. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed, pp 1669-1674
  3. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
  4. "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data". Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 25 May 2007.