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Interfacial Tension, Liquid-Water: (est) 30 dynes/cm= 0.030 N/m @ 20° C; Ratio of Specific Heats
of Vapor (Gas): 1.1277 @ 16°C [U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. CHRIS -
Hazardous Chemical Data. Manual Two. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Oct.,
1978, p. ]
IR: 6300 (Sadtler Research Laboratories Prism Collection) [Weast, R.C. and M.J. Astle. CRC
Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volumes I and II. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc.
1985., p. V1 853]
Lower Explosive Limit: 2.2%
MASS: 10 (National Bureau of Standards EPA-NIH Mass Spectra Data Base, NSRDS-NBS-63)
[Weast, R.C. and M.J. Astle. CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volumes I and II.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc. 1985., p. V1 853]
Molar Volume: 73.2
Molecular Weight: 62.14
Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient: 0.92
Odor Threshold: less than 1 ppm
Odor: Unpleasant odor of wild radish or cabbage [Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients.
Volume 2. Edited, translated, and revised by T.E. Furia and N. Bellanca. 2nd ed. Cleveland: The
Chemical Rubber Co., 1975., p. 406]
pH: not available
Physical form: Colorless Liquid
Refractive Index : 1.4355 @ 20° C/D; MAX ABSORPTION (ALCOHOL): 215 NM (LOG E= 3.0)
[Weast, R.C. (ed.). Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 60th ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press
Inc., 1979, p. C-505]
Solubility in Water: Max. 2% (w/v) @ 25° C
Specific Heat: @ 20° C Cp (Cal/gm/°C)=0.45
Sulfur Content: 51.5%
Surface Tension: 26.5 dynes/cm= 0.0265 N/m @ 11 deg C 23.33 dynes/cm @ 32. 9° C
19. 87 dynes/cm@ 57. 7° C [U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. CHRIS - Hazardous
Chemical Data. Manual Two. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Oct., 1978., p. ]
Upper Explosive Limit: 19.7%
Vapor Density: 2.14 (Air= 1) [Sax, N.I. Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 5th ed. New
York: Van Nostrand Rheinhold, 1979., p. 832]
Vapor Pressure @ 20
°
C (68
°
F): 530 mbar (398 mm Hg)
Vapor Pressure: 502 mm Hg @ 25° C , from experimentally-derived coefficients. [Daubert, T.E.,
R.P. Danner. Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Chemicals Data Compilation.
Washington, D.C.: Taylor and Francis, 1989., p. ]
Viscosity at 25
°
C (68
°
F): 0.29 cps