Aromatic solvents are better solvents than aliphatic hydrocarbons but also more reactive.
Physical properties
| Name | CAS Nr |
Formula | Mw |
Mp (°C) |
Bp (°C) | ρ (g/ml) |
Vapour pressure
(Torr) |
Evaporation rate
(rel. ether) |
Surface tension |
Viscosity |
| benzene | 71-43-2 | C6H6 | 78.11 | 6 | 80 | 0.879 | 78 | 2.6 | 28.9 | 0.7 | | toluene | 108-88-3 | C7H8 | 92.14 | -93 | 111 | 0.867 | 29 | 6.1 | 28.5 | 0.6 | | o-xylene | 95-47-6 | C8H10 | 106.17 | -25 | | 0.880 | 6 | | 30.0 | 0.8 | | m-xylene | 108-38-3 | C8H10 | 106.17 | -48 | 139 | 0.860 | | | | | | p-xylene | 106-42-3 | C8H10 | 106.17 | 13 | 138 | 0.866 | | | | | | tetralin | 119-64-2 | C10H12 | 132.21 | -31 | 205 | 0.974 | 0 | 200.0 | 35.5 | 2.0 |
Solvent parameters (1 or 2 part, polarity or acid-base, donor-acceptor)
| Name |
nD |
εr |
ε0 |
ε0 |
ET |
Hildebrant |
Snyder |
Gutmann |
Fawcett |
| | |
(Al2O3
) | (SiO2
) |
| δ | P' |
AN |
DN |
Ap |
Bp |
| benzene | 1.5011 | 2.28 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 34.3 | 9.2 | | 8.20 | 0.10 | | | | toluene | 1.4969 | 2.38 | 0.3 | | 33.9 | 8.9 | 2.4 | | 0.10 | | | | o-xylene | 1.5054 | 2.57 | | | | | 2.5 | | | | | | m-xylene | 1.4972 | 2.40 | | | 33.3 | | | | 5.00 | | | | p-xylene | 1.4950 | 2.30 | | | 33.1 | | | | 5.00 | | | | tetralin | 1.5390 | 2.77 | | | | | | | | | |
Solvent parameters (3 part, e.g. dispersion-acceptor-donor)
| Name |
Hansen |
Snyder |
Catalan |
|
δd |
δp |
δh |
xd |
xe |
xh |
SPP |
SB |
SA |
| benzene | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.12 | 0.00 | | toluene | 8.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.00 | | o-xylene | 8.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | | | | 0.64 | 0.16 | 0.00 | | m-xylene | | | | | | | 0.62 | 0.16 | 0.00 | | p-xylene | | | | | | | 0.62 | 0.16 | 0.00 | | tetralin | 9.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | | | | 0.67 | 0.18 | 0.00 |
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