# Trichloroethylene (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on trichloroethylene.

## Material Safety Data Sheet

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* Mallinckrodt Baker.
* FLUKA.

## Structure and properties

Structure and properties :
| Index of refraction,n$_D$ | 1.4777 at 19.8 °C |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, ε$_r$ | 3.4 ε$_0$ at 16 °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Surface tension | 28.7 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity | 0.53 mPa·s at 25 °C |

## Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior :
| Triple point | 188.4 K (−84.7 °C), ? Pa |
| Critical point | 571 K (298 °C), 5016 kPa |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$H$^o$ | 8.45 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$S$^o$ | 44.8 J/(mol·K) |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ$_{vap}$H$^o$ | 31.4 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of vaporization, Δ$_{vap}$S$^o$ | ? J/(mol·K) |
| 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$_p$ | ? J/(mol K) |
| Liquid properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{liquid}$ | −53.1 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{liquid}$ | ? J/(mol K) |
| Enthalpy of combustion, Δ$_c$H$^o$$_{liquid}$ | −947.7 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 120.1 J/(mol K) |
| Gas properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{gas}$ | −19.1 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{gas}$ | ? J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 80.7 J/(mol K) at 25 °C |

## Vapor pressure of liquid

| P in mm Hg | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 |
| T in °C | T in °C | −43.8 | −12.4 | 11.9 | 31.4 | 67.0 | 86.7 |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

## Distillation data

Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Carbon tetrachloride P = 760 mmHg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole CCl$_4$ | % by mole CCl$_4$ |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 86.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
| 85.1 | 14.7 | 17.6 |
| 84.4 | 20.2 | 25.0 |
| 84.2 | 22.4 | 27.8 |
| 83.5 | 27.4 | 34.4 |
| 83.1 | 31.5 | 38.0 |
| 82.5 | 37.6 | 44.5 |
| 81.3 | 49.0 | 56.5 |
| 81.0 | 52.5 | 58.9 |
| 80.5 | 58.0 | 65.0 |
| 80.0 | 62.7 | 70.0 |
| 79.1 | 70.6 | 78.0 |
| 78.5 | 76.7 | 82.9 |
| 78.1 | 80.4 | 86.6 |
| 77.3 | 91.8 | 95.0 |
| 76.9 | 96.5 | 98.0 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Tetrachloroethylene P = 760 mmHg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole trichloroethylene | % by mole trichloroethylene |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 117.0 | 7.5 | 17.8 |
| 115.7 | 10.0 | 22.8 |
| 112.8 | 16.2 | 33.8 |
| 110.5 | 21.7 | 42.0 |
| 109.1 | 25.0 | 46.8 |
| 106.9 | 30.8 | 53.7 |
| 105.7 | 33.6 | 57.2 |
| 103.4 | 39.4 | 62.7 |
| 101.0 | 46.2 | 69.8 |
| 100.0 | 49.3 | 71.8 |
| 98.4 | 55.0 | 75.6 |
| 96.3 | 61.4 | 80.0 |
| 94.4 | 68.5 | 84.3 |
| 93.4 | 72.3 | 87.2 |
| 92.1 | 76.9 | 88.8 |
| 89.5 | 87.5 | 95.0 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Trichlorethylene/Isopropanol P = 100 kPa :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole trichloroethylene | % by mole trichloroethylene |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 81.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 81.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| 80.4 | 3.2 | 8.0 |
| 79.3 | 6.8 | 14.7 |
| 78.3 | 10.6 | 20.9 |
| 77.2 | 15.6 | 27.3 |
| 76.3 | 21.8 | 33.7 |
| 75.6 | 29.0 | 39.4 |
| 75.2 | 35.7 | 43.7 |
| 74.9 | 43.3 | 47.7 |
| 74.8 | 50.9 | 50.8 |
| 74.8 | 57.3 | 53.9 |
| 75.0 | 63.2 | 56.2 |
| 75.3 | 69.5 | 58.7 |
| 75.7 | 75.2 | 61.1 |
| 76.2 | 79.8 | 64.1 |
| 77.4 | 86.2 | 68.8 |
| 78.9 | 90.8 | 74.5 |
| 80.5 | 94.1 | 80.1 |
| 81.3 | 94.9 | 83.0 |
| 82.5 | 96.7 | 87.1 |
| 83.5 | 97.9 | 90.7 |
| 84.2 | 98.5 | 92.9 |
| 85.0 | 99.1 | 95.1 |
| 86.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 |

## Spectral data

UV-Vis :
| λ$_{max}$ | ? nm |
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? |
| IR ||
| Major absorption bands | ? cm$^{−1}$ |
| NMR ||
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| Carbon-13 NMR | |
| Other NMR data | |
| MS ||
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* Except where noted otherwise, data relate to Standard temperature and pressure.
* Reliability of data general note.