Description
General description
Diethyl ether (also known as ethyl ether or ether) is a laboratory solvent. It is a desirable solvent for oils, fats, waxes, perfumes, dyes, resins, hydrocarbons, and gums. It is also used as fuel and to synthesize other chemical compounds. DEE is widely employed as a solvent for Grignard synthesis.
PROPERTIES
vapor density
2.6 (vs air)
product line
univAR™
autoignition temp.
320 °F
expl. lim.
36.5 %
packaging
glass bottle of 2.5 L
refractive index
n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)
bp
34.6 °C (lit.)
mp
−116 °C (lit.)
density
0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
storage temp.
2-30°C
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