Methylene Dichloride / Dichloromethane / 75-09-2

Description

Appearance:- Clear Colourless Liquid Density:- 1.32 gm/cm 3 Melting Point:- -97.0° C Boiling Point:- 39.0° C Solubility in Water:- 25.6 g/L (15 °C) 17.5 g/L (25 °C) 15.8 g/L (30 °C) 5.2 g/L (60 °C) Vapour Pressure:- 0.13 kPa (−70.5 °C) 2 kPa (−40 °C) 19.3 kPa (0 °C) 57.3 kPa (25 °C) Viscosity:- At 298 K, the viscosity of dichloromethane is 0.413 mPa Odour:- Mildly Sweet Odour APHA Value:- 5 max Methylene chloride is used as a solvent in a lot of industries. Common applications include paint removal, degreasing, and as a solvent in adhesives, pharmaceuticals, metal cleaning, aerosols, coatings etc. Methylene Chloride (CH₂Cl₂), also called dichloromethane is a commonly produced chloroalkane majorly used as a solvent in many industries. Methylene chloride solvent exists as a colourless liquid at room temperature, is dense, and is miscible in water. It has a sweet odour and is non- flammable, but releases toxic gases when exposed to very high temperatures. It is manufactured by reacting methane or monochloromethane with chlorine gas at high temperatures.