| Physical Description |
Decyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a sweet fat-like odor. Flash point 180 °F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. |
| Color/Form |
Colorless to water-white liquid |
| Odor |
Sweet odor |
| Taste |
SLIGHT, CHARACTERISTIC FATTY TASTE |
| Boiling Point |
446 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
| Melting Point |
44 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Flash Point |
180 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Solubility |
In water, 37 mg/L at 25 °C |
| Density |
0.84 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will float |
| Vapor Density |
5.3 (Air= 1) |
| Vapor Pressure |
0.00851 [mmHg] |
| LogP |
log Kow= 4.57 |
| Henry's Law Constant |
Henry's Law constant = 4.7831X10-5 atm-cu m/mol at 25 °C |
| Stability/Shelf Life |
Stable in mildly acidic & alkaline solutions |
| Autoignition Temperature |
550 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Decomposition |
When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. |
| Viscosity |
10.9 mPa.s at 25 °C |
| Corrosivity |
NON-CORROSIVE |
| Heat of Combustion |
-9980 cal/g |
| Heat of Vaporization |
81.50 kJ/mol at 225 °C |
| Surface Tension |
28.9 dynes/cm at 20 °C |
| Odor Threshold |
Odor Threshold Low: 0.006 [mmHg] [CAMEO] Odor threshold from CHEMINFO |
| Refractive Index |
Index of refraction = 1.4372 at 20 °C/D |
| Kovats Retention Index |
1256 1255.2 1258 1281 1254 1259 1259 1267 1267 1256.9 1258.9 1267 1255.7 1259 1255 1262 1280 1254 1254 1254 1255 1255 1255 1255 1256 1262 1262 1262 1241 1244 1246 1247 1247 1247 1249 1252 1256 1257 1257 1260 1262 1264 1264 1276 1263 1259 1263 1261 1263 1255 1255 1261 1264 1263 1256 1260.2 1259 1259.7 1259 1250.5 1257 1266 1257 1254 1263 1257 1263 1283 1255.1 1257 1255 1249 1261 1254 1254 1272 1244 1259 1262 1255 1258 1259 1264 1264 1259 1280 1259 1262 1247 1252 1270 1259 1262 1255 1257 1260 1257 1259 1267 |
| Other Experimental Properties |
Solidifies /at 6.4 °C/, forming rectangular plates or leaflets |
| Chemical Classes |
UVCB |
