# M-Xylene (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on m-Xylene.

## 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.

## Structure and properties

Structure and properties :
| Index of refraction, n$_D$ | 1.49722 at 20 °C |
| Abbe number | ? |
| Dielectric constant, ε$_r$ | 2.374 ε$_0$ at 20 °C |
| Bond strength | ? |
| Bond length | ? |
| Bond angle | ? |
| Magnetic susceptibility | ? |
| Surface tension | 31.15 dyn/cm at 0 °C 28.90 dyn/cm at 20 °C 20.46 dyn/cm at 100 °C |
| Viscosity | 0.8059 mPa·s at 0 °C 0.6200 mPa·s at 20 °C 0.4970 mPa·s at 40 °C 0.3455 mPa·s at 80 °C 0.2418 mPa·s at 130 °C |
| Solubility | 0.203 g/L at 0 °C 0.161 g/L at 25 °C 0.22 g/L at 40 °C |

## Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior :
| Triple point | 219.6 K (–53.5 °C), ? Pa |
| Critical point | 618 K (345 °C), ? Pa |
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$H$^o$ | 11.57 kJ/mol |
| Std entropy change of fusion, Δ$_{fus}$S$^o$ | 51.36 J/(mol·K) at –47.88 °C |
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, Δ$_{vap}$H$^o$ | 35.66 kJ/mol at 139.2 °C |
| 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$$_{liquid}$ | –25.4 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{liquid}$ | 253.80 J/(mol K) |
| Enthalpy of combustion, Δ$_c$H$^o$ | –4549 kJ/mol |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 184.5 J/(mol K) at 25 °C |
| Gas properties ||
| Std enthalpy change of formation, Δ$_f$H$^o$$_{gas}$ | 17.2 kJ/mol |
| Standard molar entropy, S$^o$$_{gas}$ | 358.2 J/(mol K) |
| Heat capacity, c$_p$ | 125.8 J/(mol K) |
| van der Waals' constants | a = 3076 L$^2$ kPa/mol$^2$ b = 0.1772 liter per mole |

## Vapor pressure of liquid

| P in mm Hg | P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 |
| T in °C | T in °C | –6.9 | 28.3 | 55.3 | 76.8 | 116.7 | 139.1 |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

## Distillation data

See also:
* p-xylene (data page)
* o-xylene (data page)
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for m-Xylene/Carbon tetrachloride P = 760 mm Hg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole carbon tetrachloride | % by mole carbon tetrachloride |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 137.0 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
| 131.9 | 6.5 | 21.9 |
| 126.8 | 11.4 | 35.6 |
| 122.0 | 16.4 | 46.5 |
| 118.1 | 20.8 | 55.2 |
| 113.9 | 25.8 | 62.6 |
| 110.2 | 30.6 | 68.7 |
| 106.4 | 35.7 | 73.9 |
| 102.8 | 41.2 | 78.8 |
| 102.3 | 41.9 | 79.6 |
| 98.1 | 48.8 | 84.3 |
| 94.1 | 56.2 | 88.0 |
| 90.6 | 63.5 | 91.1 |
| 87.5 | 70.4 | 93.5 |
| 84.6 | 77.5 | 95.5 |
| 82.1 | 84.3 | 97.1 |
| 79.7 | 91.1 | 98.4 |
| 77.5 | 97.7 | 99.6 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for m-Xylene/Toluene P = 760 mm Hg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole toluene | % by mole toluene |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 133.20 | 11.1 | 35.8 |
| 129.87 | 18.6 | 46.2 |
| 119.68 | 52.3 | 71.8 |
| 118.56 | 56.1 | 74.1 |
| 117.91 | 59.3 | 76.0 |
| 117.37 | 62.5 | 77.9 |
| 116.32 | 67.7 | 80.2 |
| 116.36 | 68.8 | 81.6 |
| 115.97 | 69.8 | 82.2 |
| 115.30 | 73.6 | 84.4 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for m-Xylene/Benzene P = 760 mm Hg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole benzene | % by mole benzene |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 124.80 | 10.2 | 44.7 |
| 118.94 | 17.5 | 59.8 |
| 115.40 | 21.4 | 65.5 |
| 112.30 | 28.4 | 73.2 |
| 106.35 | 34.0 | 78.0 |
| 102.08 | 42.7 | 83.3 |
| 99.15 | 49.4 | 86.5 |
| 96.70 | 59.5 | 90.3 |
| 90.89 | 68.1 | 93.0 |
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for m-Xylene/Aniline P = 745 mm Hg :
| BP Temp. °C | % by mole m-xylene | % by mole m-xylene |
| BP Temp. °C | liquid | vapor |
| 167 | 10.0 | 45.5 |
| 160 | 19.5 | 58.0 |
| 153 | 34.0 | 71.5 |
| 146 | 53.0 | 83.0 |
| 143 | 71.5 | 89.0 |
| 141 | 82.0 | 93.0 |

## Spectral data

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