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METHOD WRITTEN BY: Yound Hee Yoon, Ph.D. and James B. Perkins, DataChem Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.
TABLE 1. PROPERTIES
Compound
Formula
mg/m3 = 1 ppm @ NTP
M.W.
Density (g/mL)
BP (°C)
VP @ 20°C, kPa (mm Hg)
n-Butyl alcohol
CH3 CH2 CH2 CH2 OH; C4 H1 0 O
3.03
74.12
0.810 @ 20 °C
117
0.56 (4.2)
sec-Butyl alcohol
CH3 CH(OH)CH2 CH3 ; C4 H1 0 O
3.03
74.12
0.808 @ 20 °C
99.5
1.7 (13)
Isobutyl alcohol
(CH3 )2 CHCH2 OH; C4 H1 0 O
3.03
74.12
0.806 @ 15 °C
108
1.2 (9)
n-Propyl alcohol
CH3 CH2 CH2 OH; C3 H8 O
2.46
60.09
0.805 @ 20 °C
97
2.0 (15)
Allyl alcohol
CH2 =CHCH2 OH; C3 H6 O2
2.37
58.08
0.854
96-97
2.3 (17)
Diacetone alcohol
(CH3 )2 C(OH)CH2 COCH3 ; C6 H1 2 O2
4.75
116.16
0.931 @ 25 °C
167.9
0.1 (0.8)
Cyclohexanol
C6 H1 2 O
4.09
100.16
0.962
161: MP=24
0.13 (1.0)
Isoamyl alcohol
(CH3 )2 CHCH2 CH2 OH; C5 H1 2 O
3.60
88.15
0.813 @ 15 °C
132
3.7 (28)
Methyl isobutyl carbinol
(CH3 )2 CHCH2 CH(OH)CH3 ; C6 H1 4 O
4.18
102.18
0.802
132
0.4 (3)
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