Benzene - C6H6
Benzene, C6H6, is a colourless, strongly photorefractive fluid with a characteristic smell. Benzene is flammable and burns with a decarbonised flame.
It is very poisonous and its use in “ordinary” customer products, such as petrol and paint has been reduced.
Properties
Molecular weight 78.11 g/mol
Gaseous phase Gas density: 0.8765 g/m3
Solid phase Melting point: 5.53 °C
Liquid phase Boiling point : 80.1 °C