Diethyl Ether
Chemical Name:Diethyl Ether;CAS 60-29-7
EINECS No.: 200-467-2
Chemical Formula: C4H10O
Molecular Weight: 174.12
Melting point: -116°C
Boiling point: 34.6℃
Flash point: -45°C
Density: 0.714 g/cm3
Molecular Structure:
Diethyl Ether Standard
Appearance: Colourless clear liquid
Content %≥: 99.0
Density: 0.714 g/cm3
Vapor pressure: 58.6 kPa
Refractive index n20/D: 1.353
Application
1. It is a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, gums. Excellent solvent for nitrocellulose when mixed with alcohol. Important reagent in organic syntheses, especially in Grignard and Wurtz type reactions. Easily removable extractant of active principles (hormones, etc.) from plant and animal tissues. In the manufacture of gun powder. As primer for gasoline engines.
2. Diethyl Ether is used as a solvent for fats, oils,waxes, gums, perfumes, and nitrocellulose;in making gun powder; as an anesthetic; andin organic synthesis. Also used in the manufacture of photographic films and pharmaceuticals, and as a reaction and extraction medium in the chemical industry.