Dodecane

• Dodecane
• N -dodecane

Colorless, flammable liquid

Liquid

0.75 g · cm -3

-10 ° C

216 ° C

12 Pa ( 20 ° C)

Practically insoluble in water

1.4210 (20 ° C)

Risk

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N- dodecane (also dodecane ) is a colorless, flammable, mild smelling liquid. Dodecane is an organic chemical compound from the group of alkanes. The dodecane theoretically has 355 isomers.

Properties

The flash point of dodecane is 74 ° C, the ignition temperature of 200 ° C.

Use and occurrence

It is used in the reprocessing of spent fuel as a solvent, tributyl phosphate ( TBP) in the extraction of uranium and plutonium ( PUREX process ) are used. Dodecane is a component of diesel fuel.