Ethanol (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on ethanol.

Material Safety Data Sheet

External MSDS

structure of ethanol

Structure and properties

Structure and properties
Index of refraction, n25	1.361
Dielectric constant, εr	24.3 ε0 at 20 °C
Bond strength	?
Bond length	?
Bond angle	?
Magnetic susceptibility[1]	5.8×10−7 (cgs units, volume)
Surface tension	22.39 dyn/cm at 25 °C
Thermal conductivity[2]	0.1660 W m−1 K−1 (saturated liquid at 300 K)
Viscosity[3]	6.285 mPa·s at −50 °C 4.656 mPa·s at −40 °C 3.530 mPa·s at −30 °C 2.731 mPa·s at −20 °C 2.419 mPa·s at −15 °C 2.151 mPa·s at −10 °C 1.920 mPa·s at −5 °C 1.720 mPa·s at 0 °C 1.546 mPa·s at 5 °C 1.394 mPa·s at 10 °C 1.261 mPa·s at 15 °C 1.144 mPa·s at 20 °C 1.040 mPa·s at 25 °C 0.948 mPa·s at 30 °C 0.794 mPa·s at 40 °C 0.670 mPa·s at 50 °C 0.570 mPa·s at 60 °C 0.487 mPa·s at 70 °C 0.452 mPa·s at 75 °C

Thermodynamic properties

Phase behavior
Triple point	150 K (−123 °C), 0.00043 Pa
Critical point	514 K (241 °C), 63 bar
Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusHo	+4.9 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusSo	+31 J/(mol·K)
Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapHo	+42.3±0.4 kJ/mol[4]
Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapSo	109.67 J/(mol·K)
Molal freezing point constant	−1.99 °C kg/mol
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHosolid	−277.7 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sosolid	160.7 J/(mol K)[5]
Heat capacity, cp	111.46 J/(mol K)[5]
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHoliquid	−277.38 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Soliquid	159.9 J/(mol K)
Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHo	−1370.7 kJ/mol
Heat capacity, cp	112.4 J/(mol K)
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfHogas	−235.3 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy, Sogas	283 J/(mol K)
Heat capacity,[6][7] cp	78.28 J/(mol K) at 90 °C 87.53 J/(mol K) at 110-220 °C
Heat capacity ratio,[6][7] γ = cp/cv	1.13 at 90 °C
van der Waals' constants[8]	a = 1217.9 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.08407 L/mol

Spectral data

UV-Vis
λmax	? nm
Extinction coefficient, ε	?
IR
Major absorption bands[9]	(liquid film) Wave number transmittance 880 cm−1 22% 1048 cm−1 6% 1089 cm−1 19% 1275 cm−1 52% 1329 cm−1 44% 1384 cm−1 32% 1418 cm−1 33% 1650 cm−1 26% 1926 cm−1 62% 2899 cm−1 12% 2930 cm−1 13% 2977 cm−1 4%
NMR
Proton NMR
Carbon-13 NMR	http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/IMG.cgi?fname=CDS00245&imgdir=cdsW;
Other NMR data
MS
Masses of main fragments

Vapor pressure of liquid

P in mm Hg	1	10	40	100	400	760	1,520	3,800	7,600	15,200	30,400	45,600
P in Pa	133.3	1,333	5,333	13,332	53,329	101,325	202,650	506,625	1,013,250	2,026,500	4,053,000	6,079,501
T in °C	−31.3	−2.3	19.0	34.9	63.5	78.4	97.5	126.0	151.8	183.0	218.0	242.0
T in K	241.85	270.85	292.15	308.05	336.65	351.55	370.65	399.15	424.95	456.15	491.15	515.15

Ethanol vapor pressure vs. temperature. Uses formula ${\displaystyle P_{\text{mm Hg}}=10^{8.04494-{\frac {1554.3}{222.65+T}}}}$ [10]

Log10 of ethanol vapor pressure vs. temperature. Uses formula ${\displaystyle \log _{10}P_{\text{mm Hg}}=8.04494-{\tfrac {1554.3}{222.65+T}}}$

Density of ethanol at various temperatures

Data obtained from Lange 1967

T °C	ρ, g/cm3	T °C	ρ, g/cm3	T °C	ρ, g/cm3
3	0.80374	16	0.79283	29	0.78182
4	0.80290	17	0.79198	30	0.78097
5	0.80207	18	0.79114	31	0.78012
6	0.80123	19	0.79029	32	0.77927
7	0.80039	20	0.78945	33	0.77841
8	0.79956	21	0.78860	34	0.77756
9	0.79872	22	0.78775	35	0.77671
10	0.79788	23	0.78691	36	0.77585
11	0.79704	24	0.78606	37	0.77500
12	0.79620	25	0.78522	38	0.77414
		39	0.77329	40	0.77244

These data correlate as ρ [g/cm³] = −8.461834×10⁻⁴ T [°C] + 0.8063372 with an R² = 0.99999.

Properties of aqueous ethanol solutions

Data obtained from Lange 1967

Mass fraction,  %	Volume concentration,  %	Mass concentration, g/(100 ml) at 15.56 °C	Density relative to 4 °C water [citation needed]				Density at 20 °C relative to 20 °C water	Density at 25 °C relative to 25 °C water	Freezing temperature, °C
			10 °C	20 °C	25 °C	30 °C
0.0	0.0	0.0	0.99973	0.99823	0.99708	0.99568	1.00000	1.00000	0
1.0			0.99785	0.99636	0.99520	0.99379	0.99813	0.99811
2.0			0.99602	0.99453	0.99336	0.99194	0.99629	0.99627
2.5	3.13			0.99363					−1
3.0			0.99426	0.99275	0.99157	0.99014	0.99451	0.99447
4.0	5.00	3.97	0.99258	0.99103	0.98984	0.98839	0.99279	0.99274
4.8	6.00	4.76		0.98971					−2
5.0			0.99098	0.98938	0.98817	0.98670	0.99113	0.99106
5.05	6.30	5.00		0.98930
6.0			0.98946	0.98780	0.98656	0.98507	0.98955	0.98945
6.8	8.47			0.98658					−3
7.0			0.98801	0.98627	0.98500	0.98347	0.98802	0.98788
8.0			0.98660	0.98478	0.98346	0.98189	0.98653	0.98634
9.0			0.98524	0.98331	0.98193	0.98031	0.98505	0.98481
10.0	12.40	9.84	0.98393	0.98187	0.98043	0.97875	0.98361	0.98330
11.0			0.98267	0.98047	0.97897	0.97723	0.98221	0.98184
11.3	14.0	11.11		0.98006					−5
12.0	15.0		0.98145	0.97910	0.97753	0.97573	0.98084	0.98039
13.0			0.98026	0.97775	0.97611	0.97424	0.97948	0.97897
13.78	17.00	13.49							−6.1
14.0			0.97911	0.97643	0.97472	0.97278	0.97816	0.97757
15.0			0.97800	0.97514	0.97334	0.97133	0.97687	0.97619
15.02	18.50	14.68		0.97511
16.0			0.97692	0.97387	0.97199	0.96990	0.97560	0.97484
16.4	20.2			0.97336					−7.5
17.0			0.97583	0.97259	0.97062	0.96844	0.97431	0.97346
17.5	21.5			0.97194					−8.7
18.0	22.10	17.54	0.97473	0.97129	0.96923	0.96697	0.97301	0.97207
18.8	23.1			0.97024					−9.4
19.0			0.97363	0.96997	0.96782	0.96547	0.97169	0.97065
20.0			0.97252	0.96864	0.96639	0.96395	0.97036	0.96922
20.01	24.50	19.44		0.96863
20.3	24.8			0.96823					−10.6
21.0			0.97139	0.96729	0.96495	0.96242	0.96901	0.96778
22.0			0.97024	0.96592	0.96348	0.96087	0.96763	0.96630
22.11	27.00	21.43		0.96578					−12.2
23.0			0.96907	0.96453	0.96199	0.95929	0.96624	0.96481
24.0			0.96787	0.96312	0.96048	0.95769	0.96483	0.96329
24.2	29.5			0.96283					−14.0
25.0	30.40	24.12	0.96665	0.96168	0.95895	0.95607	0.96339	0.96176
26.0			0.96539	0.96020	0.95738	0.95422	0.96190	0.96018
26.7	32.4			0.95914					−16.0
27.0			0.96406	0.95867	0.95576	0.95272	0.96037	0.95856
28.0	33.90	26.90	0.96268	0.95710	0.95410	0.95098	0.95880	0.95689
29.0			0.96125	0.95548	0.95241	0.94922	0.95717	0.95520
29.9	36.1			0.95400					−18.9
30.0	36.20	28.73	0.95977	0.95382	0.95067	0.94741	0.95551	0.95345
31.0			0.95823	0.95212	0.94890	0.94557	0.95381	0.95168
32.0			0.95665	0.95038	0.94709	0.94370	0.95207	0.94986
33.0			0.95502	0.94860	0.94525	0.94180	0.95028	0.94802
33.8	40.5			0.94715					−23.6
34.0			0.95334	0.94679	0.94337	0.93986	0.94847	0.94613
35.0			0.95162	0.94494	0.94146	0.93790	0.94662	0.94422
35.04	41.90	33.25		0.94486
36.0			0.94986	0.94306	0.93952	0.93591	0.94473	0.94227
37.0			0.94805	0.94114	0.93756	0.93390	0.94281	0.94031
38.0			0.94620	0.93919	0.93556	0.93186	0.94086	0.93830
39.0	46.3		0.94431	0.93720	0.93353	0.92979	0.93886	0.93626	−28.7
40.0			0.94238	0.93518	0.93148	0.92770	0.93684	0.93421
40.04	47.40	37.61		0.93510
41.0			0.94042	0.93314	0.92940	0.92558	0.93479	0.93212
42.0			0.93842	0.93107	0.92729	0.92344	0.93272	0.93001
43.0			0.93639	0.92897	0.92516	0.92128	0.93062	0.92787
44.0			0.93433	0.92685	0.92301	0.91910	0.92849	0.92571
45.0			0.93226	0.92472	0.92085	0.91692	0.92636	0.92355
45.31	53.00	42.07		0.92406
46.0			0.93017	0.92257	0.91868	0.91472	0.92421	0.92137
46.3	53.8			0.92193					−33.9
47.0			0.92806	0.92041	0.91649	0.91250	0.92204	0.91917
48.0			0.92593	0.91823	0.91429	0.91028	0.91986	0.91697
49.0			0.92379	0.91604	0.91208	0.90805	0.91766	0.91475
50.0			0.92162	0.91384	0.90985	0.90580	0.91546	0.91251
50.16	58.0	46.04		0.91349
51.0			0.91943	0.91160	0.90760	0.90353	0.91322	0.91026
52.0			0.91723	0.90936	0.90524	0.90125	0.91097	0.90799
53.0			0.91502	0.90711	0.90307	0.89896	0.90872	0.90571
54.0			0.91279	0.90485	0.90079	0.89667	0.90645	0.90343
55.0			0.91055	0.90258	0.89850	0.89437	0.90418	0.90113
55.16	63.0	50.00		0.90220
56.0			0.90831	0.90031	0.89621	0.89206	0.90191	0.89833
56.1	63.6			0.90008					−41.0
57.0			0.90607	0.89803	0.89392	0.88975	0.89962	0.89654
58.0			0.90381	0.89574	0.89162	0.88744	0.89733	0.89423
59.0			0.90154	0.89344	0.88931	0.88512	0.89502	0.89191
60.0			0.89927	0.89113	0.88699	0.88278	0.89271	0.88959
60.33	68.0	53.98		0.89038
61.0			0.89698	0.88882	0.88466	0.88044	0.89040	0.88725
62.0			0.89468	0.88650	0.88233	0.87809	0.88807	0.88491
63.0			0.89237	0.88417	0.87998	0.87574	0.88574	0.88256
64.0			0.89006	0.88183	0.87763	0.87337	0.88339	0.88020
65.0			0.88774	0.87948	0.87527	0.87100	0.88104	0.87783
66.0			0.88541	0.87713	0.87291	0.86863	0.87869	0.87547
67.0			0.88308	0.87477	0.87054	0.86625	0.87632	0.87309
68.0			0.88071	0.87241	0.86817	0.86387	0.87396	0.87071
69.0			0.87839	0.87004	0.86579	0.86148	0.87158	0.86833
70.0			0.87602	0.86766	0.86340	0.85908	0.86920	0.86593
71.0			0.87365	0.86527	0.86100	0.85667	0.86680	0.86352
71.9	78.3			0.86311					−51.3
72.0			0.87127	0.86287	0.85859	0.85426	0.86440	0.86110
73.0			0.86888	0.86047	0.85618	0.85184	0.86200	0.85869
74.0			0.86648	0.85806	0.85376	0.84941	0.85958	0.85626
75.0			0.86408	0.85564	0.85135	0.84698	0.85716	0.85383
76.0			0.86168	0.85322	0.84891	0.84455	0.85473	0.85140
77.0			0.85927	0.85079	0.84647	0.84211	0.85230	0.84895
78.0			0.85685	0.84835	0.84403	0.83966	0.84985	0.84650
79.0			0.85422	0.84590	0.84158	0.83720	0.84740	0.84404
80.0			0.85197	0.84344	0.83911	0.83473	0.84494	0.84157
81.0			0.84950	0.84096	0.83664	0.83224	0.84245	0.83909
82.0			0.84702	0.83848	0.83415	0.82974	0.83997	0.83659
83.0			0.84453	0.83599	0.83164	0.82724	0.83747	0.83408
84.0			0.84203	0.83348	0.82913	0.82473	0.83496	0.83156
85.0			0.83951	0.83095	0.82660	0.82220	0.83242	0.82902
86.0			0.83697	0.82840	0.82405	0.81965	0.82987	0.82646
87.0			0.83441	0.82583	0.82148	0.81708	0.82729	0.82389
88.0			0.83181	0.82323	0.81888	0.81448	0.82469	0.82128
89.0			0.82919	0.82062	0.81626	0.81186	0.82207	0.81865
90.0			0.82654	0.81797	0.81362	0.80922	0.81942	0.81600
91.00	94.00	74.62	0.82386	0.81529	0.81094	0.80655	0.81674	0.81331
92.0			0.82114	0.81257	0.80823	0.80384	0.81401	0.81060
93.0			0.81839	0.80983	0.80549	0.80111	0.81127	0.80785
94.0			0.81561	0.80705	0.80272	0.79835	0.80848	0.80507
95.0			0.81278	0.80424	0.79991	0.79555	0.80567	0.80225
96.0			0.80991	0.80138	0.79706	0.79271	0.80280	0.79939
97.0			0.80698	0.79846	0.79415	0.78981	0.79988	0.79648
98.0			0.80399	0.79547	0.79117	0.78684	0.79688	0.79349
99.0			0.80094	0.79243	0.78814	0.78382	0.79383	0.79045
100.0	100.0	79.39	0.79784	0.78934	0.78506	0.78075	0.79074	0.78736	−114.3
Mass fraction,  %	Volume concentration,  %	Mass concentration, g/(100 ml) at 15.56 °C	Density relative to 4 °C water				Density at 20 °C relative to 20 °C water	Density at 25 °C relative to 25 °C water	Freezing temperature, °C
			10 °C	20 °C	25 °C	30 °C

Boiling points of aqueous solutions

Data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry (Page 2117)^[7]: 2391

BP °C	Weight % ethanol			BP °C	Weight % ethanol
	liquid	vapor			liquid	vapor
78.1	95.5‡	95.5‡
78.2	91	92		86.5	18	71
78.4	85	89		87.0	17	70
78.6	82	88		87.5	16	69
78.8	80	87		88.0	15	68
79.0	78	86		88.5	13	67
79.2	76	85		89.0	12	65
79.4	74	85		89.5	11	63
79.6	72	84		90.0	10	61
79.8	69	84		90.5	10	59
80.0	67	83		91.0	9	57
80.2	64	83		91.5	8	55
80.4	62	82		92.0	8	53
80.6	59	82		92.5	7	51
80.8	56	81		93.0	6	49
81.0	53	81		93.5	6	46
81.2	50	80		94.0	5	44
81.4	47	80		94.5	5	42
81.6	45	80		95.0	4	39
81.8	43	79		95.5	4	36
82.0	41	79		96.0	3	33
82.5	36	78		96.5	3	30
83.0	33	78		97.0	2	27
83.5	30	77		97.5	2	23
84.0	27	77		98.0	1	19
84.5	25	75		98.5	1	15
85.0	23	74		99.0	< 1	10
85.5	21	73		99.5	< 1	5
86.0	20	72		100.0	0	0

^‡Azeotropic mixture

Charts

Thermophysical properties of mixtures of ethanol with water and dodecane

Excess volume of the mixture of ethanol and water (volume contraction)	Heat of mixing of the mixture of ethanol and water	Vapor–liquid equilibrium of the mixture of ethanol and water (including azeotrope)
Solid–liquid equilibrium of the mixture of ethanol and water (including eutecticum)	Miscibility gap in the mixture of dodecane and ethanol

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