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BOILING POINT:-13.3 deg C [Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.79th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1998-1999. 3-163]**PEERREVIEWED**MELTING POINT:-153.7 deg C [Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.79th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1998-1999. 3-163]**PEERREVIEWED**CORROSIVITY:VINYL CHLORIDE IS NOT CORROSIVE WHEN DRY BUT IN PRESENCE OF MOISTURE ITCORRODES IRON AND STEEL. [Lefaux, R. Practical Toxicology of Plastics.Cleveland: CRC Press Inc., 1968.82]**PEER REVIEWED**CRITICAL TEMPERATURE & PRESSURE:424.61 deg K; 151.5 deg C; 304.6 deg F/5755 kPa; 57.55 bar; 834.7 psia;56.8 atm [Braker W, Mossman Al; Matheson Gas Data Book 6th ED p.695(1980)]**PEER REVIEWED**DENSITY/SPECIFIC GRAVITY:0.9106 @ 20 deg C/4 deg C [Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry andPhysics. 79th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1998-1999.3-163]**PEER REVIEWED**HEAT OF VAPORIZATION:20.9 kJ/mole at -13.4 deg C [Environment Canada; Tech Info for ProblemSpills: Vinyl Chloride (Draft) p.4 (1981)]**PEER REVIEWED**SOLUBILITIES:Sol in alcohol, ether, carbon tetrachloride, and benzene [Budavari, S.(ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, andBiologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996.1705]**PEERREVIEWED**Soluble in hydrocarbons, oil, chlorinated solvents, and most commonorganic solvents. [Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4thed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present.V24 (97)852]**PEER REVIEWED**Water solubility of 2700 mg/l [Riddick, J.A., W.B. Bunger, Sakano T.K.Techniques of Chemistry 4th ed., Volume II. Organic Solvents. New York,NY: John Wiley and Sons., 1985.1325]**PEER REVIEWED**In water, 8.8X10+3 mg/l @ 25 deg C [Delassus PT, Schmidt DD; J Chem EngData 26: 274-6 (1981)]**PEER REVIEWED**SPECTRAL PROPERTIES:Index of refraction: 1.3700 @ 20 deg C/D [Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbookof Chemistry and Physics. 79th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc.,1998-1999. 3-163]**PEER REVIEWED**IR: 10973 (Sadtler Research Laboratories IR Grating Collection) [Weast,R.C. and M.J. Astle. CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volumes Iand II. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc. 1985.V2 433]**PEER REVIEWED**MASS: 42 (Atlas of Mass Spectral Data, John Wiley & Sons, New York)