Properties
- Melting point:
- -75 °C (lit.)
- Boiling point:
- 80 °C (lit.)
- Density
- 0.956 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
- vapor density
- 3 (vs air)
- vapor pressure
- 67.5 mm Hg ( 20 °C)
- refractive index
- n20/D 1.402(lit.)
- Flash point:
- 26.6 °F
- storage temp.
- 2-8°C
- solubility
- 60g/l
- form
- Liquid
- color
- Clear
- Odor
- acrid odor
- explosive limit
- 2.8%(V)
- Odor Threshold
- 0.0035ppm
- Water Solubility
- 60 g/L (20 ºC)
- Sensitive
- Light Sensitive
- Merck
- 14,6011
- BRN
- 605396
- Henry's Law Constant
- (x 10-4 atm?m3/mol):
1.3 at 20 °C (approximate - calculated from water solubility and vapor pressure)
- Exposure limits
- TLV-TWA 10 ppm (~35 mg/m3) (ACGIH
and MSHA), TLV-TWA skin 10 ppm
(~35 mg/m3) (OSHA); IDLH 1000 ppm
(NIOSH).
- Dielectric constant
- 7.1200000000000001
- Stability:
- Stable. Incompatible with bases, acids, oxidizing agents, peroxides. May polymerize on exposure to light. Highly flammable. Commercial product may be inhibited by the presence of hydroquinone monomethyl ether.
- LogP
- 0.739 at 25℃
Safety Information
Use
Methyl acrylate is stored in a flammablematerials storage room or cabinet below20°C (68°F), separated from oxidizing substances. It is inhibited with 200 ppm ofhydroquinone monomethyl ether to preventself-polymerization. It is shipped in bottles,cans, drums, or tank cars.