This page provides supplementary chemical data on benzene.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommended to seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source such as SIRI, and follow its directions. MSDS for benzene is available at AMOCO.
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed. Note: (s) notation indicates equilibrium temperature of vapor over solid, otherwise value is equilibrium temperature of vapor over liquid.
Distillation data
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Benzene/Ethanol[5] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C
% by mole ethanol
liquid
vapor
70.8
8.6
26.5
69.8
11.2
28.2
69.6
12.0
30.8
69.1
15.8
33.5
68.5
20.0
36.8
67.7
30.8
41.0
67.7
44.2
44.6
68.1
60.4
50.5
69.6
77.0
59.0
70.4
81.5
62.8
70.9
84.1
66.5
72.7
89.8
74.4
73.8
92.4
78.2
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Benzene/Methanol[5] P = 760 mm Hg
BP Temp. °C
% by mole methanol
liquid
vapor
70.67
2.6
26.7
66.44
5.0
37.1
62.87
8.8
45.7
60.20
16.4
52.6
58.64
33.3
55.9
58.02
54.9
59.5
58.10
69.9
63.3
58.47
78.2
66.5
59.90
89.8
76.0
62.71
97.3
90.7
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Benzene/Acetone[5] P = 101.325 kPa
BP Temp. °C
% by mole benzene
liquid
vapor
57.34
11.7
7.4
57.48
12.8
8.1
57.75
15.1
9.5
59.21
26.7
16.6
59.24
27.0
16.7
60.01
32.7
20.2
60.71
37.3
23.1
61.05
39.8
24.7
61.91
45.0
27.9
62.82
50.2
31.7
63.39
53.4
33.9
63.79
55.4
35.3
64.22
57.2
37.0
64.99
61.3
39.9
67.88
73.0
51.2
70.21
80.7
60.1
72.23
86.1
67.9
Vapor-liquid Equilibrium for Benzene/n-Hexane[5] P = 760 mmHg