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This page provides supplementary chemical data on carbon tetrachloride.

Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions. MSDS for carbon tetrachloride is available at Fisher Scientific.

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, n_D	1.460
Abbe number	?
Dielectric constant, ε_r	2.2379 ε₀ at 20 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	175pm
Bond angle	109.5° Cl–C–Cl
Magnetic susceptibility	?
Surface tension	28.0 dyn/cm at 10 °C 26.8 dyn/cm at 20 °C 22.2 dyn/cm at 75 °C
Viscosity^[1]	0.9578 mPa·s at 21 °C 0.901 mPa·s at 25 °C 0.7928 mPa·s at 35 °C 0.4056 mPa·s at 99 °C
Thermal conductivity^[2] (units of W m⁻¹ K⁻¹)	0.1093 at 270 K 0.1074 at 280 K 0.1055 at 290 K 0.1036 at 300 K 0.1017 at 310 K 0.0997 at 320 K

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point	249 K (–24 °C), ? Pa
Critical point	556.4 K (283.3 °C), 4493 kPa, 3.625 mol.dm⁻³
Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ_fusH^o	2.52 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusion, Δ_fusS^o	10.1 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ_vapH^o	32.54 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of vaporization, Δ_vapS^o	92.82 J/(mol·K) at 76 °C
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_solid	? kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_solid	? J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	44.22 J/(mol K) at -227 °C (46 K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_liquid	–128.4 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_liquid	214.39 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, Δ_cH^o	–359.9 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, c_p	131.3 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ_fH^o_gas	–95.98 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, S^o_gas	309.65 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity, c_p	82.65 J/(mol K)
van der Waals' constants^[3]	a = 2066 L² kPa/mol² b = 0.1383 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg		1	10	40	100	400	760	1520	3800	7600	15200	30400	45600
T in °C		–50.0_(s)	–19.6	4.3	23.0	57.8	76.7	102.0	141.7	178.0	222.0	276.0	—

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 47th ed. Note that "(s)" annotation indicates equilibrium temperature of vapor over solid. Otherwise the temperature is equilibrium of vapor over liquid.

**log₁₀ of Carbon tetrachloride vapor pressure.** Uses formula: $\scriptstyle \log _{e}P_{mmHg}=$ $\scriptstyle \log _{e}({\frac {760}{101.325}})-9.113968\log _{e}(T+273.15)-{\frac {6263.383}{T+273.15}}+74.99482+7.411446\times 10^{-06}(T+273.15)^{2}$ obtained from CHERIC^[4]

Distillation data

BP Temp. °C	% by mole CCl₄
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/n-hexane^[5] P = 760 mmHg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
68.8	2.6	2.3
68.9	8.1	7.1
69.0	14.0	12.5
69.2	20.3	17.9
69.4	26.4	23.3
69.6	32.5	28.6
69.9	38.5	33.8
70.3	44.8	39.4
70.7	50.9	44.8
70.7	51.6	45.5
71.1	57.0	50.5
71.6	63.1	56.2
72.2	69.1	62.2
72.9	74.8	68.1
73.6	80.7	74.5
74.4	86.5	81.2
75.4	92.5	88.8
76.4	98.2	97.2

BP Temp. °C	% by mole CCl₄
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/benzene^[5] P = 760 mmHg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
79.9	2.1	2.5
79.7	6.1	7.2
79.2	12.4	14.4
78.8	18.8	21.3
78.5	25.1	28.1
78.1	31.3	34.4
77.8	37.6	40.7
77.6	43.9	46.7
77.3	49.5	52.0
77.3	50.1	52.5
77.1	55.9	58.2
77.0	62.2	64.1
76.8	68.6	70.1
76.7	75.1	76.0
76.7	81.5	82.0
76.7	87.8	88.1
76.7	93.9	94.1
76.7	97.8	97.9

BP Temp. °C	% by mole acetone
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/acetone^[5] P = 760 mmHg
BP Temp. °C	liquid	vapor
76.74	0.00	0.00
70.80	5.90	20.25
68.74	8.70	27.10
64.45	17.90	40.75
61.91	26.40	48.95
59.83	37.40	56.55
58.74	45.10	61.25
57.94	52.55	65.50
57.18	61.65	70.65
56.67	69.60	75.60
56.36	76.20	79.85
56.15	82.95	84.60
56.01	89.50	89.80
56.02	91.40	91.50
55.99	95.30	95.20
56.08	100.00	100.00

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λ_max	? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
IR
Major absorption bands	? cm⁻¹
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragments

References

^ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp. 1669–1674
^ Touloukian, Y.S., Liley, P.E., and Saxena, S.C. Thermophysical properties of matter – the TPRC data series. Volume 3. Thermal conductivity – nonmetallic liquids and gases. Data book. 1970.
^ CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 47th ed, p D-104
^ "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 17 May 2007.

Linstrom, Peter (1997). "NIST Standard Reference Database". National Institute of Standards and Technology. doi:10.18434/T4D303. Retrieved 17 May 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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Except where noted otherwise, data relate to Standard temperature and pressure.
Reliability of data general note.

[lange1669-1] Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp. 1669–1674

[2] Touloukian, Y.S., Liley, P.E., and Saxena, S.C. Thermophysical properties of matter – the TPRC data series. Volume 3. Thermal conductivity – nonmetallic liquids and gases. Data book. 1970.

[crcD104-3] CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 47th ed, p D-104

[cheric_p-4] "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 17 May 2007.

[cheric_b-5] "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 17 May 2007.

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