This page provides supplementary chemical data on p-xylene.
Material Safety Data Sheet
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Structure and properties
| Structure and properties | |
|---|---|
| Index of refraction, nD | 1.4958 at 20 °C | 
| Dielectric constant, εr | 2.2 ε0 at 20 °C | 
| Surface tension[1] | 29.92 dyn/cm at 5 °C 28.27 dyn/cm at 20 °C 24.2 dyn/cm at 60 °C | 
| Viscosity[2] | 0.7385 mPa·s at 10 °C 0.6475 mPa·s at 20 °C 0.5134 mPa·s at 40 °C 0.3519 mPa·s at 80 °C 0.2424 mPa·s at 130 °C | 
| Solubility[3] | 0.160 g/L at 0 °C 0.181 g/L at 25 °C 0.22 g/L at 40 °C | 
Thermodynamic properties
| Phase behavior | |
|---|---|
| Triple point | 286.3 K (13.15 °C), ? Pa | 
| Critical point | 617 K (344 °C), 3500 kPa | 
| Std enthalpy change of fusion, ΔfusH | 17.1 kJ/mol | 
| Std entropy change of fusion, ΔfusS | 59.8 J/(mol·K) | 
| Std enthalpy change of vaporization, ΔvapH | 35.7 kJ/mol at 138 °C | 
| Std entropy change of vaporization, ΔvapS | ? J/(mol·K) | 
| Solid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH | ? kJ/mol | 
| Standard molar entropy, S | ? J/(mol K) | 
| Heat capacity, cp | ? J/(mol K) | 
| Liquid properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH | −24.4 kJ/mol | 
| Standard molar entropy, S | 247 J/(mol K) | 
| Enthalpy of combustion, ΔcH | −4552 kJ/mol | 
| Heat capacity, cp | 181.7 J/(mol K) | 
| Gas properties | |
| Std enthalpy change of formation, ΔfH | 1.796000E+04 kJ/kg-mol[4] at 25 °C | 
| Standard molar entropy, S | ? J/(mol K) | 
| Heat capacity, cp | 163.2 J/(mol K) at 120 °C | 
| van der Waals' constants[5] | a = 3134 L2 kPa/mol2 b = 0.1809 liter per mole | 
Vapor pressure of liquid
| P in mm Hg | 1 | 10 | 40 | 100 | 400 | 760 | |
| T in °C | −8.1 | 27.3 | 54.4 | 75.9 | 115.9 | 138.3 | |
Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.

Distillation data
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Spectral data
| UV-Vis | |
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| Spectrum | |
| λmax | ? nm | 
| Extinction coefficient, ε | ? | 
| IR | |
| Spectrum | NIST | 
| Major absorption bands | 793.94 cm−1 | 
| NMR | |
| Spectrum | AIST | 
| Proton NMR | 2.296, 7.046 | 
| Carbon-13 NMR | 134.66, 128.97, 20.90 | 
| MS | |
| Spectrum | NIST | 
| Masses of main fragments | 106, 91, 77 | 
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- Except where noted otherwise, data relate to Standard temperature and pressure.
- Reliability of data general note.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed, pp 1661–1663
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed, pp 1669–1674
- ↑ CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th ed. p8-111
- 1 2 "Pure Component Properties" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- ↑ Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522–1524
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data" (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- Bibliography
- NIST Standard Reference Database
- "University of Akron, Chemistry Department, Chemical Database". Archived from the original on 13 January 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
- "National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology". Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
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