Benzene

vapor density

2.77 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)
74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.9%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1043 °F

expl. lim.

8 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

impurities

≤0.02% water (Karl Fischer)

evapn. residue

<0.0005%

color

APHA: ≤20

refractive index

n20/D 1.501 (lit.)

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

5.5 °C (lit.)

density

0.874 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

λ

H₂O reference

UV absorption

λ: 280 nm A_max: 1.0
λ: 290 nm A_max: 0.15
λ: 300 nm A_max: 0.06
λ: 330 nm A_max: 0.02
λ: 350-400 nm A_max: 0.01

application(s)

food and beverages

SMILES string

c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H

InChI key

UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N