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Anthracene

Catalog No. A3885 Name Sigma Aldrich
CAS Number 120-12-7 Website http://www.sigmaaldrich.com
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SYNONYMS

Title
IUPAC name
anthracene
IUPAC Traditional name
anthracene
Synonyms
Anthraxcene
Paranaphthalene

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 120-12-7
Color Index Number 10790
EC Number 204-371-1
MDL Number MFCD00001240
Beilstein Number 1905429

PROPERTIES

Purity ≥99%
Apperance white powder
Auto Ignition Point 1004 °F
Boiling Point 340 °C(lit.)
Flash Point 121 °C
Flash Point 250 °F
Melting Point 210-215 °C(lit.)
Solubility alcohols: soluble
Solubility benzene: soluble
Solubility chloroform: soluble
Solubility hydronaphthalenes: soluble
Solubility supercritical carbon dioxide: soluble
Vapor Pressure 1 mmHg ( 145 °C)
European Hazard Symbols Irritant Irritant (Xi)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
RID/ADR UN 3077 9/PG 3
Risk Statements 36/37/38-50/53
RTECS CA9350000
Safety Statements 26-60-61
Hazard Class 9
UN Number 3077
Packing Group 3
German water hazard class 2

DETAILS

Description (English)
Application
Anthracene has been shown to be soluble in a variety of binary and ternary mixtures of cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, and methanol 1,2.

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