Antifreeze Mono ethylene glycol (MEG)

PROPERTIES/CHARACTERISTICS

APPLICATIONS/USES

Chemical Intermediate for Resins

Polyester resins (fibers, containers and films)

Resin esters as plasticizers (adhesives, lacquers and enamels)

Alkyd-type resins (synthetic rubbers, adhesives,

surface coatings)

Solvent Coupler

Stabilizer against gel formation

Freezing Point Depression

Deicing fluids (aircraft, runway)

Heat transfer fluids (gas compressors, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, process chillers, ice rinks)

All-weather automotive antifreeze and coolants

Water-based formulations(adhesives, latex paints, asphalt emulsions)

Solvent

Medium for suspending conductive salt in electrolytic capacitors

Humectant

Textile fibers

Paper

Leather

Adhesives

Glue

Chemical Intermediate

Solvents

Items

Scientific

Common

Autoignition Temperature

**7°C

**1°F

Critical Pressure

8,**0 kPa

*1,**5 mm Hg

Critical Specific Volume

0.**1 L/gmol 

3.*6 ft3/lbmol 

Critical Temperature 

**6.*5°C 

**6.*3°F 

Dielectric Constant at *5°C 

*7.7 

*7.7 

Electrical Conductivity at

*0°C 

1.*7 x ***6

mhos/cm   

1.*7 micromhos/cm

Evaporation Rate (Butyl

Acetate = 1) 

0.*1 

0.*1 

Flash Point, Closed Cup 

(Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D*3) 

**6.7°C 

**0°F 

Flash Point, Open Cup 

(Cleveland Open Cup ASTM

D*2) 

**7.8°C 

**0°F 

Heat of Combustion at *5°C

*1,**3 kJ/gmol 

*7,**7 Btu/lb

Heat of Formation at *5°C

***0 kJ/gmol 

*3,**8 Btu/lb 

Heat of Fusion

9.*6 kJ/gmol 

*9 Btu/lb

Heat of Vaporization at 1 atm

*3.2 kJ/gmol 

**9 Btu/lb 

Molecular Weight 

*2.*7 g/mol 

*2.*7 g/mol 

Normal Boiling Point 

**7.1°C 

**6.8°F 

BP/P (**0 to **0 mm Hg)

0.**7°C/kPa 

0.**5°C/mm Hg 

Normal Freezing Point 

**3°C 

8.6°F 

Onset of Initial Decomposition

**0°C 

**4°F 

Refractive Index, nD, at *5°C

1.***6 

1.***6 

Solubility in Water at *0°C

**0 wt%  

**0 wt% 

Solubility of Water in Ethylene

Glycol at *0°C 

**0 wt%

**0 wt%

Specific Gravity (*0/*0°C) 

1.***3 

1.***3 

Specific Gravity/ T(*0 to*0°C) 

0.****0 per °C 

0.****9 per °F

Surface Tension at *5°C 

*8.0 mN/m 

*8.0 dynes/cm 

Vapor Density (air = 1) 

2.1 

2.1 

Vapor Pressure at *0°C

0.***5 kPa 

0.*6 mm Hg