10580

Anthracene

suitable for scintillation, ≥99.0% (GC)

• Synonym(s): Anthraxcene, Paranaphthalene
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₄H₁₀
• CAS Number: 120-12-7
• Molecular Weight: 178.23
• Colour Index Number: 10790
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1905429
• EC Number: 204-371-1
• MDL number: MFCD00001240
• UNSPSC Code: 12171500
• eCl@ss: 39011608
• PubChem Substance ID: 329748907
• NACRES: NA.32

Properties

• vapor density: 6.15 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 1 mmHg ( 145 °C)
• assay: ≥99.0% (GC)
• form: powder or crystals
• autoignition temp.: 1004 °F
• sublimation residue: ≤0.1%
• bp: 340 °C (lit.)
• mp: 210-215 °C (lit.); 214-216 °C
• solubility: alcohols: soluble; benzene: soluble; chloroform: soluble; hydronaphthalenes: soluble; supercritical carbon dioxide: soluble
• fluorescence: λ_ex 251 nm; λ_em 401 nm in acetonitrile
• suitability: suitable for scintillation
• SMILES string: c1ccc2cc3ccccc3cc2c1
• InChI: 1S/C14H10/c1-2-6-12-10-14-8-4-3-7-13(14)9-11(12)5-1/h1-10H
• InChI key: MWPLVEDNUUSJAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: human ... CYP1A2(1544)

Description

Application

Anthracene has been shown to be soluble in a variety of binary and ternary mixtures of cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, and methanol .

Quantity

λ_max. 357 nm, log ε 3.92

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS07,GHS09
• signalword: Warning
• hcodes: H319,H410
• pcodes: P264 - P273 - P280 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P337 + P313 - P391
• Hazard Classifications: Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2
• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: 249.8 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 121.0 °C - closed cup
• ppe: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves