Additional Information
Alliance Chemical High Purity Reagent Grade Petroleum Ether
Sealed in One Liter Glass Bottle
Petroleum ether is the petroleum fraction consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 35–60 °C; commonly used as a laboratory solvent. The term ether is used only figuratively, signifying extreme lightness and volatility.
It is not advisable to employ a fraction with a wider boiling point range than 20 °C, because of possible loss of the more volatile portion during its use in recrystallization, etc. and consequent different solubility relations of the higher boiling residue.
The very lightest, most volatile liquid hydrocarbon solvents that can be bought from laboratory chemical suppliers may also be offered under the name petroleum ether
Petroleum ether consists mainly of aliphatic hydrocarbons and is usually low on aromatics
Specifications
UN Number UN1268
CAS Number 8032-32-4
Appearance Liquid
Flash Point < 0 °C (32 °F; 273 K)
Boiling Point 60-80°C.
Color Colorless
Relative Density 0.64 g/mL
Formula C6H14
Molecular Weight 86.178
Vapor Density 3 (vs air)