| Melting point: |
-80 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point: |
52-54 °C (lit.) |
| Density |
0.921 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.) |
| vapor density |
2.5 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure |
15.16 psi ( 55 °C) |
| refractive index |
n20/D 1.359(lit.) |
| FEMA |
2434 | ETHYL FORMATE |
| Flash point: |
7 °F |
| storage temp. |
2-8°C |
| solubility |
Miscible with alcohol, benzene, and ether (Hawley, 1981) |
| form |
Liquid |
| color |
Clear |
| Odor |
Characteristic; pleasant aromatic. |
| Odor Threshold |
2.7ppm |
| explosive limit |
16% |
| Odor Type |
ethereal |
| Water Solubility |
11 g/100 mL (18 ºC) |
| Sensitive |
Moisture Sensitive |
| JECFA Number |
26 |
| Merck |
14,3807 |
| BRN |
906769 |
| Henry's Law Constant |
0.097(x 10-3 atm?m3/mol) at 5.00 °C, 0.13 at 10.00 °C, 0.17 at 15.00 °C, 0.23 at 20.00 °C, 0.29 at 25.00 °C (column
stripping-UV, Kutsuna et al., 2005) |
| Exposure limits |
TLV-TWA 100 ppm (～300 mg/m3) (ACGIH,
MSHA, and OSHA); IDLH 8000 ppm
(NIOSH). |
| Dielectric constant |
8.4（6℃） |
| Stability: |
Stable. Extremely flammable. May form explosive mixtures with air. Note low flash point and wide explosive limits. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong bases, strong acids, nitrates. |
| InChIKey |
WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| LogP |
1.504 at 25℃ |
| CAS DataBase Reference |
109-94-4(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference |
Formic acid, ethyl ester(109-94-4) |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
Ethyl formate (109-94-4) |