| CAS
NO. |
78-00-2 |
|
| EINECS
NO. |
201-075-4 |
| FORMULA |
Pb(C2H5)4 |
| MOL
WT. |
323.45 |
|
H.S.
CODE
|
|
|
TOXICITY
|
Oral
rat LD50:12300 ug/kg |
| SYNONYMS |
Tetraethyl
plumbane; Lead tetraethyl; TEL; |
| Czteroetylek
Olowiu (Polish); Piombo Tetra-etile (Italian);
Tetraethylolovo (Czech); Tetraethylplumbane;
Tetraethylplumbium; |
| DERIVATION |
|
|
CLASSIFICATION
|
|
|
PHYSICAL
AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
|
| PHYSICAL
STATE |
colorless
to light yellow oily liquid with a sweet,
musty odor
|
|
MELTING
POINT
|
-136.8
C |
| BOILING
POINT |
84
- 85 C (Decomposes) |
| SPECIFIC
GRAVITY |
1.653 |
|
SOLUBILITY
IN WATER
|
Insoluble |
| PH |
|
| AUTOIGNITION |
110
C
|
|
VISCOSITY
(CPA)
|
|
| VAPOR
DENSITY |
|
|
REFRACTIVE
INDEX
|
1.5198
|
| NFPA
RATINGS |
Health:
3; Flammability: 2; Reactivity: 3 |
| FLASH
POINT |
77
C
|
| STABILITY |
Decomposition
may cause under sunlight and in a dilute
water solution. |
|
APPLICATIONS
|
|
Gasoline
additive to prevent "knocking"
in motors. Also used as an intermediate
in the production of organo-mercury fungicides.
|
| SALES
SPECIFICATION |
|
APPEARANCE
|
Light
yellow liquid
|
|
CONTENT
|
61.5%
min |
| ETHYLENE
DIBROMIDE |
17.8%
max |
| ETHYLENE
DICHLORIDE |
18.8%
max
|
| ANTIOXIDANT |
0.1%
max (p-Oxydiphenyl Amine)
|
| KEROSENE
AND DYE |
1.75%
max
|
| TRANSPORTATION |
| PACKING |
250kgs
in Drum |
| HAZARD
CLASS |
6.1 |
| UN
NO. |
1649 |
| REMARKS |
|
TEL
decomposes on heating above 110 C and under
influence of light to produce carbon monoxide,
lead. It reacts violently with strong oxidants,
acids, halogens and attacks rubber and some
plastics and coatings.
|