Diethyl ether

Product Name

Diethyl ether, contains BHT as inhibitor, puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, reag. Ph. Eur., ≥99.8% (GC)

InChI key

RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H10O/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCOCC

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

agency

USP/NF
reag. ISO
reag. Ph. Eur.

vapor density

2.6 (vs air)

assay

≥99.8% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

320 °F

contains

BHT as inhibitor

expl. lim.

36.5 %

technique(s)

GC/GC: suitable

impurities

≤0.00007% adehydes (as HCHO)
≤0.0002% free acid (as CH₃COOH)
≤0.001% carbonyl compounds (as CO)
≤0.001% non-volatile matter
≤0.005% acetone (GC)
≤0.02% ethanol (GC)
≤0.3 ppm peroxides (as H₂O₂)
0.03% water (Karl Fischer)
5-8 ppm BHT (GC)

refractive index

n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)

bp

34.6 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg
B: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Fe: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Pb: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Sn: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤0.05 mg/kg

suitability

passes test for reaction against H₂SO₄

Quality Level

200