n-HEXANE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO

110-54-3

n-HEXANE

FORMULA

C6H14

MOL WT.

86.18

H.S. CODE

 2901.10
TOXICITY Oral rat LD50: 28710 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Normal hexane; Hexyl hydride; skellysolve B; dipropyl; gettysolve-b;
DERIVATION  

CLASSIFICATION

 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

n-HEXANE, a colorless liquid with a slightly disagreeable odor, is the straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms. It evaporates very easily into the air and dissolves and highly flammable It is insoluble in water and miscible with alcohol, chloroform, and ether. It is used primarily to produce solvents when it is mixed with similar chemicals. Common names for these solvents are commercial hexane, mixed hexanes, petroleum ether, and petroleum naphtha. The major use n-hexane is to extract vegetable oils from crops due to its narrow distillation range and selective power. Its wide usages  are  in the rubber industry as a base for rubber cement and in tyre manufacture and in contact adhesives, paints and inks, where fast drying and ability to suspend are required.   Application is also found in the manufacture of SBR rubber where hexane is used as a medium in the polymerisation process.

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PROPERTY

UNITS

TYPICAL

TEST METHOD

Benzene

%v/v

0.03

ASTM D2600

Appearance

-

Water White

VISUAL

Flash Point, TAG

C

<0

ASTM D56

Aniline Cloud Point

C

68.0

ASTM D611

Purity

-

Must Match

ENE 01/99
SALES SPECIFICATION

PROPERTY

UNITS

MIN

MAX

TEST METHOD

Total Aromatics

%v/v

 

0.2

ASTM D2600

Density @ 20°C

kg/l

0.660

0.666

ASTM D1298

Colour

Saybolt

+25.0

 

ASTM D156

Distillation Range: I.B.P.

                              D.P.

C

61.0

67.0

67.0

73.0

ASTM D86

Sulphur

%m/m

 

0.001

ASTM D1266

Non Volatile Matter

mg/100ml

 

0.002

ASTM D1353
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING In Bulk
HAZARD CLASS 3.1
UN NO. 1208
N-ALKANES (STRAIGHT-CHAIN)

CARBON

NAME

FORMULA
(MOL WT.)

M.P

B.P

CAS RN

C(5)

n-Pentane

 C5H12 (72.15) -130 C 36 C

109-66-0

C(6)

n-Hexane

 C6H14 (86.18) -95

69 C

110-54-3

C(7)

n-Heptane

 C7H16 (100.20) -90.5 C 98.5 C

142-82-5

C(8)

n-Octane

 C8H18 (114.23) -57 C 126 C

111-65-9

C(9)

n-Nonane

 C9H20 (128.26)

-53 C

158 C

111-84-2

C(10)

n-Decane

 C10H22 (142.28)

-30 C

174 C

124-18-5

C(11)

n-Undecane

 C11H24 (156.31)

-25.5 C

196 C

1120-21-4

C(12)

n-Dodecane

 C12H26 (170.34)

-9.5 C

216 C

112-40-3

C(13)

n-Tridecane

 C13H28 (184.36)

5.5 C

235 C

629-50-5

C(14)

n-Tetradecane

 C14H30 (198.39)

6 C

254 C

629-59-4

C(15)

n-Pentadecane

 C15H32 (212.42)

10 C

271 C

629-62-9

C(16)

n-Hexadecane

 C16H34 (226.44)

18 C

287 C

544-76-3

C(17)

n-Heptadecane

 C17H36 (240.47)

22 C

302 C

629-78-7

C(18)

n-Octadecane

 C18H38 (254.50)

28 C

316 C

593-45-3

C(19)

n-Nonadecane

 C19H40 (268.53)

32 C

329 C

629-92-5

C(20)

n-Eicosane

 C20H42 (282.55)

37 C

343 C

112-95-8

C(21)

n-Henicosane

 C21H44 (296.58)

40.5 C

 356.5 C

629-94-7

C(22)

n-Docosane

 C22H46 (310.61)

44.5 C

 368.5 C

629-97-0

C(23)

n-Tricosane

 C23H48 (324.63)

47.5 C

380 C

638-67-5

C(24)

n-Tetracosane

 C24H50 (338.66)

52 C

391 C

646-31-1

C(25)

n-Pentacosane

 C25H52 (352.69)

54 C

402 C

629-99-2

C(26)

n-Hexacosane

 C26H54 (366.71)

56.5 C

412 C

630-01-3

C(27)

n-Heptacosane

 C27H56 (380.74)

59 C

 

593-49-7

C(28)

n-Octacosane

 C28H58 (394.77)

64.5 C

431.5 C

630-02-4

C(29)

n-Nonacosane

 C29H60 (408.79)

65 C

 

630-03-5

C(30)

n-Triacontane

 C30H62 (422.82)

66 C

450 C

638-68-6

C(31)

n-Hentriacontane

 C31H64 (436.85)

67 C

 

630-04-6

C(32)

n-Dotriacontane

 C32H66 (450.87)

69 C

467 C

544-85-4

C(33)

n-Triatriacontane

 C33H68 (464.90)

71 C

 

630-05-7

C(34)

n-Tetratriacontane

 C34H70 (478.93)

72 C

 

14167-59-0

C(35)

n-Pentatriacontane

 C35H72 (492.95)

73 C

 

630-07-9

C(36)

n-Hexatriacontane

 C36H74 (506.98)

74 C

 

630-06-8

C(37)

n-Heptatriacontane

 C37H76 (521.01)

76 C

 

7194-84-5

C(38)

n-Octatriacontane

 C38H78 (535.03)

78 C

 

7194-85-6

C(39)

n-Nonatriacontane

 C39H80 (549.05)

80 C

 

7194-86-7

C(40)

n-Tetracontane

 C40H82 (563.09)

82 C

 

4181-95-7

C(42)

 n-Dotetracontane C42H86 (591.13)

84 C

 

 7098-20-6

C(44)

n-Tetratetracontane

 C44H90 (619.20)

85 C

 

7098-22-8

C(46)

 n-Hexatetracontane C46H94 (647.24)

86 C

 

 7098-24-0

C(48)

 n-Octatetracontane C48H98 (675.30)

90 C

 

 7098-26-2

C(50)

 n-Pentacontane C50H102 (703.36)

91 C

 

 6596-40-3

C(52)

 n-Dopentacontane C52H106 (731.40)

92 C

 

 7719-79-1

C(54)

 n-Tetrapentacontane C54H110 (759.45)

93 C

 

 5856-66-6

C(56)

 n-Hexapentacontane C56H114 (787.50) 

94 C

 

 7719-82-6

C(58)

 n-Octapentacontane C58H118 (815.56)

95 C

 

 7667-78-9

C(60)

n-Hexacontane

 C60H122 (843.62)

96 C

 

7667-80-3