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carbon tetrachloride
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chemical compound
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Carbon tetrachloride, also identified by the IUPAC name tetrachloromethane, is a chemical compound with the formula CCl₄. It has a molecular weight of 153.8 and a density of 1.59. The substance exhibits a melting point of -9, -22.6, or -23.0 and a boiling point of 170. Its vapor pressure is 91, while its solubility is 0.8. The compound has a refractive index of 1.4607, a surface tension of 26.43, and an electric dipole moment of 0.
Physical properties include a speed of sound of 930 and an ionization energy of 11.47. The partition coefficient for water/octanol is 2.64, and the xlogp value is 2.8. Carbon tetrachloride has an ozone depletion potential of 0.82 and a global warming potential of 2019. Exposure limits are defined with a time-weighted average of 62.9, a ceiling of 25, a maximum peak of 200, and a short-term limit of 12.6. The immediately dangerous to life or health concentration is 1258.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CCl4
- Molecular weight
- 153.8 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- tetrachloromethane
- SMILES
- C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- VZGDMQKNWNREIO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.8
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- tetrahalomethane
- Has part
- chlorine
- Mass
- 151.87541072
- Image
- Carbon Tetrachloride.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carbon tetrachloride
- chemical formula
- CCl₄
- density
- 1.59
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0107
- found in taxon
- Helianthus tuberosus
- speed of sound
- 930
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1258
- melting point
- -23.0
- boiling point
- 76.8
- vapor pressure
- 11.6
- solubility
- 0.8
- ionization energy
- 11.47
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 62.9
- ceiling exposure limit
- 25
- maximum peak exposure limit
- 200
- short-term exposure limit
- 12.6
- partition coefficient water/octanol
- 2.64
- surface tension
- 26.43
- canonical SMILES
- C(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- refractive index
- 1.4607
- global warming potential
- 2019
- ozone depletion potential
- 0.82
- subject has role
- carcinogen
- electric dipole moment
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Carbon tetrachloride
Names
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