ETHYLENEOXIDE Industrial Grade

Ethylene oxide (EO) is one of the most simple cyclic ether, which belongs to the heterocyclic compound and is an important petrochemical product. Ethylene oxide at low temperature is a colorless transparent liquid, at room temperature is a colorless with ether stimulate smell gas, gas [1] high vapor pressure, 30 DEG C up to 141kPa. The high vapor pressure determines the epoxy ethane fumigation when strong penetrating power.

Epoxy ethane is following the formaldehyde after the 2nd generation of chemical disinfectants, is still one of the best cold disinfectant, is currently the fourth largest low-temperature sterilization technology (low temperature plasma, low temperature steam and formaldehyde, epoxy ethane, glutaraldehyde) the most important. EO is a simple epoxy compounds and non specificity of alkyl compounds, molecular formula C2H4O, structure type: CH2CH2O. The molecular weight was 44.05.

physical property

Relative density (water =1): 0.8711

Epoxy ethane bond

Epoxy ethane bond

Refractive index: 1.3614 (4 degrees C) [3] boiling point (c):10.4

Relative vapor density (air =1): 1.52

InChI:InChI=1/C2H4O/c1-2-3-1/h1-2H2[4]

Occupational exposure limit: threshold value of 1 ppm (time weighted average), A2 (suspected human carcinogen (American Conference of governmental industrial hygienists, 2004).

Time weighted average allowable concentration (PC-TWA): 2mg/m3 (GBZ2.1-2007 "workplace harmful factors occupational exposure limits the first part: chemical hazardous substances")

Saturated vapor pressure (kPa):145.91 (20 C)

Combustion heat (kJ/mol):1262.8

Critical temperature (c):195.8

Critical pressure (MPa):7.19

Octanol / water partition coefficient of value: -0.30

Explosion limit% (V/V):3~100

Ignition temperature (c):429

Solubility: soluble in any proportion of water, soluble in alcohol, ether. [3]

chemical property

The chemical property is very active and can be reacted with many compounds. [5] ethylene oxide capable of reducing silver nitrate. After the heat is easy to aggregate, in the presence of metal salts or oxygen can be decomposed.