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Ethyl Chloride

Ethyl Chloride

(C2H5Cl) UN No: 1037

Grade:

2.8 (99.8% pure)

Available in rental cylinders

Capacity Options:

5Kg

9Kg

21Kg

63Kg

100Kg

650Kg

Properties

Ethyl Chloride is a colourless, combustible, anaesthetic gas with an ether-like smell and is poorly soluble in water. 

It is obtained industrially by adding hydrogen chloride to ethene, whilst another process uses ethane and chlorine as raw materials with the free-radical reaction either thermally or photochemically. Sometimes referred to as Chloroethane, it is used to manufacture tetraethyl lead although production tonnages are declining greatly due to the increase in sales of leaded petrol.

Does ethyl chloride have industrial applications?

Ethyl chloride is used in industrial processes as a solvent and also as an ethylating agent. Liquefied chloroethane is also used as a local anaesthetic, although it is no longer used as an anaesthetic gas. 

Vapour Pressure Table

 

T K

243

263

273

283

293

303

313

333

-30

-10

0

10

20

30

40

60

P bar

0,14

0,37

0,58

0,85

1,33

1,88

2,58

4,49

P kg/l

0,96

0,93

0,92

0,91

0,89

0,88

0,86

0,83

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If you have any questions about Ethyl Chloride, please do not hesitate to contact CRR Limited. We have been serving the specialist gases and chemicals industry since 1997.

Since we began trading, CRR has represented Gerling Holz in the UK and Ireland, with a great emphasis on reliability and delivering the highest level of customer service.

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