toluene - National Park Service

hydrocarbons; in exhaust of rotary gasoline engine: 16.3%
of emitted hydrocarbons; in exhaust of gasoline engine:
0.1-7.0 ppm (partly crotonaldehyde); in gasoline: 6-7 vol
%. [Verschueren, K. Handbook of Environmental Data of
Organic Chemicals. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand
Reinhold Co., 1983. 1104
Forms/Preparations/Formulations:
Information from HSDB [609]:
Research, reagent, nitration - all 99.8+%; Industrial:
Contains 94+%, with 5% xylene and small amounts of
benzene and nonaromatic hydrocarbons; 90/120: Less pure
than industrial. [U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation. CHRIS - Hazardous Chemical Data. Volume
II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government] Printing Office,
1984-5.
Grades: Research 99.99%; Pure 99.98% [Flick, E.W.
Industrial Solvents Handbook. 3rd ed. Park Ridge, NJ:
Noyes Publications, 1985. 48].
Grades: 1st degree nitration; 2nd degree commercial; 90%
solvent [DCE/NCI; Monograph On Human Exposure To
Chemicals In The Workplace: Toluene p.1-1 (1985)].
Chem.Detail: Detailed Information on Chemical/Physical Properties:
Solubilities:
Water solubility ranges from 265 to 1581 mg/L at 25 degrees C
(most values 515 to 580) [902].
Toluene, with a water solubility of 535 mg/L at 25 deg C
[866], is "moderately soluble" according to one source [866].
SOL IN PETROLEUM ETHER. [Weast, R.C. (ed.) Handbook of
Chemistry and Physics. 67th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press,
Inc., 1986-87.,p. C-518] [609].
Miscible with alcohol, chloroform, ether, acetone, glacial
acetic acid, carbon disulfide [Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck
Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals.
Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989. 1501] [609].
Soluble in alcohol, ether, acetate, benzene, ligand [Lide,
D.R. (ed). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 72nd ed.
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991-1992.,p. 3-488] [609].
Vapor Pressure:
855 to 4000 Pa at 25 degrees C (most values near 3786) [902].