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Sigma-Aldrich

m-Xylene

puriss. p.a., ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,3-Dimethylbenzene

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Linear Formula:
C6H4(CH3)2
CAS Number:
108-38-3
Molecular Weight:
106.17
Beilstein:
605441
EC Number:
203-576-3
MDL number:
MFCD00008536
UNSPSC Code:
12352002
PubChem Substance ID:
329770477
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

3.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

16 mmHg

grade

puriss. p.a.

Assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

982 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

impurities

≤0.5% o- and p-xylene (GC)
≤0.5% toluene (GC)

evapn. residue

≤0.002%

refractive index

n20/D 1.497 (lit.)
n20/D 1.497

bp

138-139 °C (lit.)

mp

−48 °C (lit.)

density

0.868 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Bi: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Fe: ≤0.1 mg/kg
K: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Li: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Mo: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Na: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Pb: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Sr: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤0.1 mg/kg

SMILES string

Cc1cccc(C)c1

InChI

1S/C8H10/c1-7-4-3-5-8(2)6-7/h3-6H,1-2H3

InChI key

IVSZLXZYQVIEFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

m-Xylene is an isomeric form of xylene. Experimental values of density (ρ) and speed of sound (u) of its binary mixtures with diethyl carbonate (DEC) have been evaluated over the temperature range of 298.15-323.15K and at 0.1MPa atmospheric pressure.

Application

m-Xylene may be used in the synthesis of isophthalic acid and phthalaldehyde.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

80.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

27 °C - closed cup

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Bethany Warren et al.
Environmental science & technology, 42(15), 5461-5466 (2008-08-30)
A series of m-xylene/NO(x) photooxidation experiments were conducted to determine the influence of light intensity and radiation spectrum on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation within the UC Riverside/CE-CERT environmental chamber. The environmental chamber is equipped with 80 115-W black lights
Rafael Silva-Rocha et al.
Environmental microbiology, 13(9), 2389-2402 (2011-03-18)
The regulatory and metabolic networks that rule biodegradation of pollutants by environmental bacteria are wired to the rest of the cellular physiology through both transcriptional factors and intermediary signal molecules. In this review, we examine some formalisms for describing catalytic/regulatory
Fei Yu et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 192(3), 1370-1379 (2011-08-13)
The purified and oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with different oxygen contents are employed as adsorbents to study their physicochemical properties and adsorption behaviors of toluene, ethylbenzene and m-xylene (TEX) in aqueous solutions. The results demonstrate that adsorption capacity is
Sulak Sumitsawan et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(16), 6970-6977 (2011-07-19)
Titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) is a preferred catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of many air pollutants. In an effort to enhance its photocatalytic activity, TiO(2) was modified by pulsed plasma treatment. In this work, TiO(2) nanoparticles, coated on a glass plate, were
Dragana Bozinovski et al.
FEMS microbiology ecology, 81(1), 134-144 (2012-03-01)
A sulfate-reducing consortium maintained for several years in the laboratory with m-xylene as sole source of carbon and energy was characterized by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) fingerprinting of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes and stable isotope probing of proteins
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