Auxins Properties of Common Solvents Page

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Solvent bp (C) Solubility in water % Solvent in solvent/water azeotrope bp of solvent/water azeotrope (C)
Acetic acid 118.1 Infinite Zeotropic Zeotropic
Acetone 56.5 Infinite Zeotropic Zeotropic
Benzene 80.1 vss 91.17% 69.25
Carbon tetrachloride 76.8 vss 95.9% 66
Chloroform 61.26 1.0g/100ml H2O at 15 deg C 97.2% 56.1
Cyclohexane 80.8 No 91.6% 69.5
Ethyl acetate 77.15 8.6g/ 100ml H2O at 20 deg C 91.53% 70.38
Ethyl alcohol 78.32 Infinite 96% 78.17
n-Hexane 68.7 No 94.4% 61.6
Isopropyl acetate 89 3.09g/ 100ml H2O at 20 deg C 89.4% 76.6
Isopropyl alcohol 82.3 Infinite 87.4% 80.3
MEK (2-Butanone) 79.6 35.3g/ 100ml H2O at 10 deg C
Methyl alcohol 64.65 Infinite
Methylene chloride 40.1 2g/ 100ml H2O at 20 deg C
Nitrobenzene 210.85 ss - 98.6
Nitroethane 114.2 4.5ml/100ml H2O 71.5% 87.22
Pyridine 115.3 Infinite 58.7% 93.6
Toluene 110.7 vss 86.5% 84.1
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 74.1 No
ss = Slightly soluble
vss = Very slightly soluble

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