Heptane

grade

HPLC Plus
for residue analysis

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 20 °C)
83 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

Assay

≥98.5% (GC)
99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

433 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

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technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.0001% non-volatiles
≤0.01% water (Karl Fischer)
≤1.0 ppb Fluorescence (quinine) at 365 nm

halogenated residue

≤2 μg/L (as heptachlor epoxide)

refractive index

n20/D 1.3850-1.3890
n20/D 1.387 (lit.)

bp

98 °C (lit.)

mp

−91 °C (lit.)

solubility

acetone: miscible(lit.)
carbon tetrachloride: soluble(lit.)
ethanol: very soluble(lit.)
water: insoluble(lit.)

density

0.684 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

λ

H₂O reference

UV absorption

λ: 200 nm A_max: ≤1.0
λ: 225 nm A_max: ≤0.10
λ: 250 nm A_max: ≤0.01
λ: 300-400 nm A_max: ≤0.005

suitability

corresponds for IR spectroscopy

application(s)

food and beverages

greener alternative category

Aligned

SMILES string

CCCCCCC

InChI

1S/C7H16/c1-3-5-7-6-4-2/h3-7H2 1-2H3

InChI key

IMNFDUFMRHMDMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N