Carbon tetrachloride suppliers

Melting point:

-23 °C

Boiling point:

76-77 °C(lit.)

Density 

1.594 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

vapor density 

5.32 (vs air)

vapor pressure 

4.05 psi ( 20 °C)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.460(lit.)

Flash point:

−2 °F

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Miscible with ethanol, benzene, chloroform, ether, carbon disulfide (U.S. EPA, 1985), petroleum ether, solvent naphtha, and volatile oils (Yoshida et al., 1983a).

form 

Liquid

color 

Clear colorless

Relative polarity

0.052

Odor

Ethereal, sweet, pungent odor detectable at 140 to 584 ppm (mean = 252 ppm)

Odor Threshold

4.6ppm

biological source

rat

Water Solubility 

0.8 g/L (20 ºC)

λmax

λ: 265 nm Amax: 1.0
λ: 270 nm Amax: 0.30
λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.07
λ: 290 nm Amax: 0.02
λ: 300-400 nm Amax: 0.01

Merck 

13,1826

BRN 

1098295

Henry's Law Constant

2.15 at 30 °C (headspace-GC, Sanz et al., 1997)

Exposure limits

NIOSH REL: STEL 1 hour 2 ppm, IDLH 200 ppm; OSHA PEL: TWA 10 ppm, C 25 ppm, 5-minute/4-hour peak 200 ppm; ACGIH TLV: TWA 5 ppm.

Dielectric constant

2.2（20℃）

InChIKey

VZGDMQKNWNREIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

LogP

2.830

Surface tension

26.95mN/m at 20°C

Surface tension

26.15mN/m at 298.15K

CAS DataBase Reference

56-23-5(CAS DataBase Reference)

IARC

2B (Vol. 20, Sup 7, 71) 1999

NIST Chemistry Reference

Carbon tetrachloride(56-23-5)

EPA Substance Registry System

Carbon tetrachloride (56-23-5)

Symbol(GHS) 

GHS06,GHS08

Signal word 

Danger

Hazard statements 

H301+H311+H331-H317-H351-H372-H412-H420

Precautionary statements 

P273-P280-P301+P310-P302+P352+P312-P304+P340+P311-P502

Hazard Codes 

T,N,F

Risk Statements 

23/24/25-40-48/23-52/53-59-39/23/24/25-11-43

Safety Statements 

23-36/37-45-59-61-16-7

OEL

STEL: 2 ppm (12.6 mg/m3) [60-minute]

RIDADR 

UN 1846 6.1/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

FG4900000

F 

8-9

HazardClass 

6.1(a)

PackingGroup 

II

HS Code 

29031400

Hazardous Substances Data

56-23-5(Hazardous Substances Data)

Toxicity

LC50 for mice: 9528 ppm (Svirbely); LD50 in rats, mice, dogs (g/kg): 2.92, 12.1-14.4, 2.3 orally; LD50 in mice (g/kg): 4.1 i.p., 30.4 s.c. (IARC, 1979)

IDLA

200 ppm