# Carbon tetrachloride (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on carbon tetrachloride.

## Material Safety Data Sheet

The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions. MSDS for carbon tetrachloride is available at Fisher Scientific.

## Structure and properties

Structure and properties :
| Index of refraction, n$_D$ | 1.460 |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, ε$_r$ | 2.2379 ε$_0$ at 20 °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | 175pm |
| Bond angle | 109.5° Cl–C–Cl |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Surface tension | 28.0 dyn/cm at 10 °C 26.8 dyn/cm at 20 °C 22.2 dyn/cm at 75 °C |
| Viscosity | 0.9578 mPa·s at 21 °C 0.901 mPa·s at 25 °C 0.7928 mPa·s at 35 °C 0.4056 mPa·s at 99 °C |
| Thermal conductivity (units of W m$^{−1}$ K$^{−1}$) | 0.1093 at 270 K 0.1074 at 280 K 0.1055 at 290 K 0.1036 at 300 K 0.1017 at 310 K 0.0997 at 320 K |

## Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior :
| Triple point | 249 K (–24 °C), ? Pa |
| Critical point | 556.4 K (283.3 °C), 4493 kPa, 3.625 mol.dm$^{−3}$ |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$H$^o$ | 2.52 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$S$^o$ | 10.1 J/(mol·K) |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ$_{vap}$H$^o$ | 32.54 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, Δ$_{vap}$S$^o$ | 92.82 J/(mol·K) at 76 °C |
| Solid properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{solid}$ | ? kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{solid}$ | ? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 44.22 J/(mol K) at -227 °C (46 K) |
| Liquid properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{liquid}$ | –128.4 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{liquid}$ | 214.39 J/(mol K) |
| Enthalpy of combustion, Δ$_c$H$^o$ | –359.9 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 131.3 J/(mol K) |
| Gas properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{gas}$ | –95.98 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{gas}$ | 309.65 J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 82.65 J/(mol K) |
| van der Waals' constants | a = 2066 L$^2$ kPa/mol$^2$ b = 0.1383 liter per mole |

## Vapor pressure of liquid

| P in mm Hg | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 | 1520 | 3800 | 7600 | 15200 | 30400 | 45600 |
| T in °C | T in °C | –50.0$_{(s)}$ | –19.6 | 4.3 | 23.0 | 57.8 | 76.7 | 102.0 | 141.7 | 178.0 | 222.0 | 276.0 | — |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 47th ed. Note that "(s)" annotation indicates equilibrium temperature of vapor over solid. Otherwise the temperature is equilibrium of vapor over liquid.

## Distillation data

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/n-hexane P = 760 mmHg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole CCl$_4$ | % by mole CCl$_4$ |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 68.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 68.9 | 8.1 | 7.1 |
| 69.0 | 14.0 | 12.5 |
| 69.2 | 20.3 | 17.9 |
| 69.4 | 26.4 | 23.3 |
| 69.6 | 32.5 | 28.6 |
| 69.9 | 38.5 | 33.8 |
| 70.3 | 44.8 | 39.4 |
| 70.7 | 50.9 | 44.8 |
| 70.7 | 51.6 | 45.5 |
| 71.1 | 57.0 | 50.5 |
| 71.6 | 63.1 | 56.2 |
| 72.2 | 69.1 | 62.2 |
| 72.9 | 74.8 | 68.1 |
| 73.6 | 80.7 | 74.5 |
| 74.4 | 86.5 | 81.2 |
| 75.4 | 92.5 | 88.8 |
| 76.4 | 98.2 | 97.2 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/benzene P = 760 mmHg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole CCl$_4$ | % by mole CCl$_4$ |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 79.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| 79.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| 79.2 | 12.4 | 14.4 |
| 78.8 | 18.8 | 21.3 |
| 78.5 | 25.1 | 28.1 |
| 78.1 | 31.3 | 34.4 |
| 77.8 | 37.6 | 40.7 |
| 77.6 | 43.9 | 46.7 |
| 77.3 | 49.5 | 52.0 |
| 77.3 | 50.1 | 52.5 |
| 77.1 | 55.9 | 58.2 |
| 77.0 | 62.2 | 64.1 |
| 76.8 | 68.6 | 70.1 |
| 76.7 | 75.1 | 76.0 |
| 76.7 | 81.5 | 82.0 |
| 76.7 | 87.8 | 88.1 |
| 76.7 | 93.9 | 94.1 |
| 76.7 | 97.8 | 97.9 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Carbon tetrachloride/acetone P = 760 mmHg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole acetone | % by mole acetone |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 76.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 70.80 | 5.90 | 20.25 |
| 68.74 | 8.70 | 27.10 |
| 64.45 | 17.90 | 40.75 |
| 61.91 | 26.40 | 48.95 |
| 59.83 | 37.40 | 56.55 |
| 58.74 | 45.10 | 61.25 |
| 57.94 | 52.55 | 65.50 |
| 57.18 | 61.65 | 70.65 |
| 56.67 | 69.60 | 75.60 |
| 56.36 | 76.20 | 79.85 |
| 56.15 | 82.95 | 84.60 |
| 56.01 | 89.50 | 89.80 |
| 56.02 | 91.40 | 91.50 |
| 55.99 | 95.30 | 95.20 |
| 56.08 | 100.00 | 100.00 |

## Spectral data

UV-Vis :
| λ$_{max}$ | ? nm |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |
| IR ||
| Major absorption bands | ? cm$^{−1}$ |
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