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Identification

Chemical structure
Display Name:
Carbon tetrachloride
EC Number:
200-262-8
EC Name:
Carbon tetrachloride
CAS Number:
56-23-5
Molecular formula:
CCl4
IUPAC Name:
tetrachloromethane

Type of Substance

Composition:
mono-constituent substance
Origin:
organic

Substance Identifiers open all close all

  • Carbon Tetrachloride Crude
  • Carbon Tetrachloride Technical
  • Carbon tetrachloride
  • Compositions

    Boundary Composition(s) open all close all

    State Form:
    liquid


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane

    Legal Entity Composition(s) open all close all

    State Form:
    liquid
    Degree of purity:
    >= 99.9 - < 100 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Chloroform
    EC Number:
    200-663-8
    EC Name:
    Chloroform
    CAS Number:
    67-66-3
    Molecular formula:
    CHCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    chloroform
    Degree of purity:
    >= 99.9 - < 100 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Chloroform
    EC Number:
    200-663-8
    EC Name:
    Chloroform
    CAS Number:
    67-66-3
    Molecular formula:
    CHCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    chloroform


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    State Form:
    liquid


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Degree of purity:
    >= 85 - <= 100 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Trichloroethylene
    EC Number:
    201-167-4
    EC Name:
    Trichloroethylene
    CAS Number:
    79-01-6
    Molecular formula:
    C2HCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethene
    Degree of purity:
    > 38 - <= 99.9 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Chloroform
    EC Number:
    200-663-8
    EC Name:
    Chloroform
    CAS Number:
    67-66-3
    Molecular formula:
    CHCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    chloroform
    Impurity 2
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Pentachloroethane
    EC Number:
    200-925-1
    EC Name:
    Pentachloroethane
    CAS Number:
    76-01-7
    Molecular formula:
    C2HCl5
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,1,2,2-pentachloroethane
    Impurity 3
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
    EC Number:
    201-197-8
    EC Name:
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
    CAS Number:
    79-34-5
    Molecular formula:
    C2H2Cl4
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
    Impurity 4
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethane
    EC Number:
    201-166-9
    EC Name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethane
    CAS Number:
    79-00-5
    Molecular formula:
    C2H3Cl3
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethane
    Impurity 5
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Hexachloroethane
    EC Number:
    200-666-4
    EC Name:
    Hexachloroethane
    CAS Number:
    67-72-1
    Molecular formula:
    C2Cl6
    IUPAC Name:
    hexachloroethane
    Impurity 6
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
    EC Number:
    211-135-1
    EC Name:
    1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
    CAS Number:
    630-20-6
    Molecular formula:
    C2H2Cl4
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane
    Impurity 7
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Tetrachloroethylene
    EC Number:
    204-825-9
    EC Name:
    Tetrachloroethylene
    CAS Number:
    127-18-4
    Molecular formula:
    C2Cl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloroethene
    Impurity 8
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Trichloroethylene
    EC Number:
    201-167-4
    EC Name:
    Trichloroethylene
    CAS Number:
    79-01-6
    Molecular formula:
    C2HCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethene
    Impurity 9
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    1,2-dichloroethane
    EC Number:
    203-458-1
    EC Name:
    1,2-dichloroethane
    CAS Number:
    107-06-2
    Molecular formula:
    C2H4Cl2
    IUPAC Name:
    1,2-dichloroethane


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Degree of purity:
    > 90 - < 99.95 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    1,2-dichloroethane
    EC Number:
    203-458-1
    EC Name:
    1,2-dichloroethane
    CAS Number:
    107-06-2
    Molecular formula:
    C2H4Cl2
    IUPAC Name:
    1,2-dichloroethane
    Impurity 2
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Trichloroethylene
    EC Number:
    201-167-4
    EC Name:
    Trichloroethylene
    CAS Number:
    79-01-6
    Molecular formula:
    C2HCl3
    IUPAC Name:
    1,1,2-trichloroethene


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    EC Number:
    200-262-8
    EC Name:
    Carbon tetrachloride
    CAS Number:
    56-23-5
    Molecular formula:
    CCl4
    IUPAC Name:
    tetrachloromethane

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