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Acetone (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on acetone.

Contents
Material Safety Data Sheet
Structure and properties
Thermodynamic properties
Vapor pressure of liquid
Distillation data
Spectral data
References

Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommended that you seek the Material
Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.

Mallinckrodt Baker (http://hazard.com/msds/mf/baker/baker/files/a0446.htm)

Science Stuff (https://web.archive.org/web/20080720111523/http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C1142.html)

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, nD 1.3561
Dielectric constant, εr 20.7 ε0 at 25°C
Bond strength ?
Bond length ?
Bond angle ?
Magnetic susceptibility ?
26.2 dyn/cm at 0°
Surface tension
23.7 dyn/cm at 20°C
0.4013 mPa·s at 0°C
Viscosity[1] 0.3311 mPa·s at 20°C
0.2562 mPa·s at 50°C

Thermodynamic properties
Phase behavior
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Triple point 178.5 K (−94.3 °C), ? Pa

Critical point 508 K (235 °C), 48 bar
Std enthalpy change
+5.7 kJ/mol
of fusion, ΔfusHo

Std entropy change

+32.3 J/(mol·K)
of fusion, ΔfusSo

Std enthalpy change

+31.3 kJ/mol
of vaporization, ΔvapHo

Std entropy change

95 J/(mol·K)
of vaporization, ΔvapSo

Solid properties
Std enthalpy change
? kJ/mol
of formation, ΔfHosolid

Standard molar entropy,

? J/(mol K)
Sosolid

Heat capacity, cp [2] 96 J/(mol K)

Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change
−249.4 kJ/mol
of formation, ΔfHoliquid

Standard molar entropy,

200.4 J/(mol K)
Soliquid

Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHo –1785.7 kJ/mol

Heat capacity, cp 125.5 J/(mol K)

Gas properties
Std enthalpy change
−218.5 kJ/mol
of formation, ΔfHogas

Standard molar entropy,

295.35 J/(mol K)
Sogas

Heat capacity, cp 75 J/(mol K)

a = 1409.4 L2 kPa/mol2
van der Waals' constants[3]
b = 0.0994 liter per mole

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg 1 10 40 100 400 760 1520 3800 7600 15200 30400 45600

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T in °C – – –9.4 7.7 39.5 56.5 78.6 113.0 144.5 181.0 214.5 —

59.4 31.1

Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

vapor pressure of acetone (log scale) based on formula,

from Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed.
Vapor pressure of
acetone based on
formula,

from
Lange's Handbook of
Chemistry, 10th ed.

Distillation data
See also:

Carbon tetrachloride (data page)

Butanone (data page)

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of

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of Acetone/water[4] Acetone/Methanol[4] Acetone/Ethanol[4]

P = 760 mmHg P = 101.325 kPa P = 760 mm Hg

BP % by mole BP % by mole BP % by mole acetone

Temp. acetone Temp. methanol Temp.
°C °C °C liquid vapor
liquid vapor liquid vapor
78.3 0 0
100.00 0.0 0.0 55.67 7.0 8.2
76.4 3.3 11.1
87.8 1.0 33.5 55.43 13.3 14.4
74.0 7.8 21.6
83.0 2.3 46.2 55.31 18.1 18.8
70.8 14.9 34.5
76.5 4.1 58.5 55.24 21.7 21.8
69.1 19.5 41.0
75.38 5.0 63.1 55.25 22.7 22.6
65.6 31.6 53.4
68.76 10.0 73.1 55.30 26.5 25.5
63.4 41.4 61.4
66.2 12.0 75.6 55.39 34.0 31.1
61.3 53.2 69.7
63.98 20.0 79.2 55.74 40.6 35.6
59.0 69.1 79.6
61.84 30.0 82.0 55.96 44.6 38.2
57.3 85.2 89.6
60.73 40.0 83.4 56.15 48.1 40.6
56.1 100.0 100.0
59.87 50.0 84.8 56.90 59.3 48.6
59.29 60.0 85.8 57.05 60.6 49.6
58.52 70.0 87.4 57.29 63.1 51.5
57.65 80.0 89.4 57.69 67.6 55.0
57.1 85.0 91.8 58.32 71.9 59.0
56.65 90.0 93.8 58.49 73.7 60.8
56.36 95.0 96.3 58.97 77.1 64.3
56.09 100.0 100.0 59.57 80.5 68.1
60.41 84.9 73.5
61.53 90.0 80.9
62.21 92.6 85.2
62.79 94.7 89.0
63.69 97.6 94.7

Spectral data
UV-Vis
λmax 280 nm
Extinction coefficient, ε 12.4 L/(mol·cm) @ 280 nm
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IR
(liquid film)
Wave number Transmittance
3414 cm−1 78%
3005 cm−1 66%
2966 cm−1 74%
2925 cm−1 77%
1749 cm−1 52%
Major absorption bands[5] 1715 cm−1 4%
1434 cm−1 49%
1421 cm−1 47%
1363 cm−1 13%
1223 cm−1 12%
1093 cm−1 68%
903 cm−1 81%
531 cm−1 36%
NMR
Proton NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 2.16 (s, 6H)
Carbon-13 NMR (CDCl3, 25 MHz) δ 206.6, 30.8
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of
main fragments

References
1. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp 1669-1674
2. Maass, O.; Walbauer, L.J., The specific heats and latent heats of fusion of ice and of several organic compounds, J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 1925, 47, 1-9.
3. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
4. "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (http://www.cheric.org/research/kdb/hcvle/hcvle.php) (Queriable database).
Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
5. "Spectral Database for Organic Compounds" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060505120103/http://www.aist.go.jp/RIO
DB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi). Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Archived from the original (http://www.
aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi) (Queriable database) on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2007.

Linstrom, Peter J.; Mallard, William G. (eds.); NIST Chemistry WebBook, NIST Standard Reference Database
Number 69, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (MD), http://webbook.nist.gov
Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.

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