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TABLE B.2. Properties of Organic Compounds Commonly Found in Water

Boiling
Point
(°C)

Density
at 20°C
(kg/m 3 )

Dynamic
Viscosity at
20°C (mPa·s)

Solubility in
Water at 20°C
(mg/L)

Sorption
Coeficient, log
K oc (log mL/g)

Saturation Vapor
Pressure at 20°C
(kPa)

Henry's Law
Constant at 20°C
(Pa m 3 /mol)

Molecular
Weight Compound Formula

Acetone (dimethyl
ketone)

CH 3 COCH 3 58.08 56.1 j -56.2 b 790 b - 440,600 a −0.59 b -0.34 h 3.07 g -35.97 h 3.3 a -10 t

Benzene C 6 H 6 78.11

80.1 b 870 h -880 b

-

1710 b -1796 b 1.39 b -2.95 b 1.20 g -12.67 h 458 b -557 p

Bis(2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate (DEHP)

C 24 H 38 O 4 390.57 230 r -387 r 985 b - 0.041 b -0.285 h 3.77 h -5.15 b 1.09 × 10 −9 b -26.7 × 10− 9 b 0.0011 a

Chlorobenzene C 6 H 5 Cl 112.56 132 l 1,106 b 0.8 m 466 h -500 m 1.92 b -2.63 d 1.17 l -1.2 b 263 p -288 b

Chloroethane CH 3 CH 2 Cl 64.5 - 897 b -920 i - 5710 b -5740 d 0.51 b -1.57 d 133.3 i -133.7 h 1030 n

Chloroform
(trichloromethane)

CHCl 3 119.4 62 l 1480 c -1490 h 0.56 m 8000 i -8200 b 1.46 b -1.94 b 20.2 h -25.9 m 278 l -486 p

1,1-Dichloroethane C 2 H 4 Cl 2 99.0 57.3 l 1174 i -1180 c 0.5 m 5100 m -5500 b 1.48 b -1.80 d 23.9 l -29.5 m 435 l -550 m

83.5 l 1235 b -1253 b 0.84 m 8000 d -8800 b 1.15 h -1.57 d 8.13 i -10.9 m 92 p -152 m 1,2-Dichloroethane C 2 H 4 Cl 2 99.0

Ethlybenzene C 8 H 10 106.2 - 867 b -870 c - 150 i -152 c 1.98 b -3.13 d 0.911 h -1.28 g 559 n -882 p

Gasoline e

- - -

680 s -750 f 0.29 s -0.31 f

- -

55.2 s

-

740 k 48,000 h 0.55 k -1.05 h 32.7 h 64.3 o

Methyl tertiary-butyl
ether (MTBE)

(CH 3 )
COCH 3

88.2 - -

Methylene chloride
(dichloromethane)

CH 2 Cl 2 84.9 - 1327 b -1336 b - 13,000 c -20,000 h 0.94 b 48.2 h 229 b

Naphthalene C 10 H 8 128.2 - 1030 c -1162 b - 31.7 h -38 b 2.62 b -5.00 b 0.0113 g -0.0307 h 56.0 o

Phenol C 6 H 6 O 94.1 - 1058 b -1070 b - 93,000 d 1.15 h -3.49 b 0.027 p -0.045 h 0.030

Tetrachloroethene
(PCE)

CCl 2 CCl 2 165.8 121.4 l 1623 b -1630 m 0.9 m 149 b -200 d 2.25 b -2.99 b 1.87 q -2.53 g 1327 l -1763 m

Toluene
(methylbenzene)

C 6 H 5 CH 3 92.1 - 867 b -870 c - 500 i -535 d 1.57 b -3.05 b 2.93 p -3.75 h 529 n -578 p

1,1,1-Trichloroethane CCl 3 CH 3 133.4 -

1339 b -1350 i 0.84 m 480 b -4400 d 2.02 b -3.40 b 13.3 i -16.6 m 1337 l -1824 p

Trichloroethene
(TCE)

C 2 HCl 3 131.5 86.7 j 1460 c -1460 m 0.57 m 1000 c -1100 m 1.66 b -2.83 b 7.70 h -10.0 m 722 l -1013 p

Vinyl chloride
(chloroethene)

CH 2 CHCl 62.5 - 910 c -912 b - 90 c -267 h 0.39 b -1.76 h 355 h -400 g 2200 n

o -Xylene (1,2
dimethylbenzene)

C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2 106.2 - 880 b - 152 b -175 c 1.92 b -2.92 h 0.667 p -0.912 h 409 n -537 p

p -Xylene (1,4
dimethylbenzene)

C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2 106.2 - 861 b -881 b - 160 b 2.31 b -2.72 b - 555 n

Sources of data:
a Montgomery (2000) at 25°C. b Montgomery, (2000). c Hemond and Fechner (1993). d Schnoor (1996). e Typical properties at 15.6°C. Properties of petroleum products vary. f Munson et al.
(1994). g U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1996). h Charbeneau (2000). i Fetter (1999). j Sage and Sage (2000). k U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1998). l Pankow and Cherry
(1996). m Pankow and Cherry (1996) at 25°C. n Rathbun, (1998). o Rathbun (1998) at 25°C. p Jackson et al. (1985). q Nyer et al. (1991). r Montgomery (2000) at 5 mm Hg. s Finnemore and
Franzini (2002) at 20°C. t Davis and Masten, (2004).