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Names | |||
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Preferred IUPAC name
Oxirane[1] | |||
Systematic IUPAC name
Epoxyethane Oxacyclopropane | |||
Other names
Ethylene oxide
Dimethylene oxide 1,2-Epoxyethane -crown-1 Epoxide | |||
Identifiers | |||
3D model (JSmol)
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Abbreviations | EO, EtO | ||
102378 | |||
ChEBI | |||
ChEMBL | |||
ChemSpider | |||
ECHA InfoCard | 100.000.773 | ||
EC Number |
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676 | |||
KEGG | |||
MeSH | Ethylene+Oxide | ||
PubChem CID
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RTECS number |
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UNII | |||
UN number | 1040 | ||
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Properties | |||
C2H4O | |||
Molar mass | 44.052 g·mol−1[2] | ||
Appearance | Colorless gas | ||
Odor | Like diethyl ether[3] | ||
Density | 0.8821 g·cm−3[2] | ||
Melting point | −112.46 °C (−170.43 °F; 160.69 K)[2] | ||
Boiling point | 10.4 °C (50.7 °F; 283.5 K)[2] | ||
Miscible | |||
Vapor pressure | 1.46 atm (20 °C)[4] | ||
−30.5·10−6 cm3/mol[5] | |||
Refractive index (nD)
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1.3597 (589 nm)[2] | ||
1.94 D[6] | |||
Thermochemistry | |||
Heat capacity (C)
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47.9 J·mol−1·K−1[7] | ||
Std molar
entropy (S⦵298) |
242.5 J·mol−1·K−1[7] | ||
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
−52.6 kJ·mol−1[7] | ||
Gibbs free energy (ΔfG⦵)
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−13.0 kJ·mol−1[7] | ||
Hazards | |||
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH): | |||
Main hazards
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Carcinogen Extremely flammable | ||
GHS labelling: | |||
H220, H230, H280, H301, H314, H331, H335, H336, H340, H350, H360FD, H372 |