Description
Synonyms: Hexahydrobenzene, Hexamethylene, Naphthene
Description
This compound is used as a solvent to dissolve cellulose ethers, lacquers, resins, fats, waxes, oils, bitumen and crude rubber. It is also used in perfume manufacturing, during surface coating operations (lacquers), in synthesis of adipic acid for production of nylon 66 and engineering plastics, during synthesis of caprolactam in nylon 6, paint and varnish remover, in the extraction of essential oils, in analytical chemistry for molecular weight determinations, in the manufacturing of adipic acid, benzene, cyclohexyl chloride, nitrocyclohexane, cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, in the manufacturing of solid fuel for camp stoves, in fungicidal formulations (possesses slight fungicidal action) in the industrial recrystallising of steroids, organic synthesis, recrystallising medium glass substitutes, solid fuels, in analytical chemistry and in manufacturing of adhesives.
PROPERTIES
vapor density
2.9 (vs air)
vapor pressure
168.8 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)
77 mmHg ( 20 °C)
product line
uniLAB™
autoignition temp.
500 °F
expl. lim.
9 %
packaging
glass bottle of 2.5 L
dilution
(for laboratory use only)
refractive index
n20/D 1.426 (lit.)
bp
80.7 °C (lit.)
mp
4-7 °C (lit.)
density
0.779 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
storage temp.
2-30°C
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.