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Other Properties
Phosgene gas liquifies @ 8 deg C
Dreisbach, R.H. Handbook of Poisoning. 12th ed. Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1987. 162.
Phosgene weighs 11.6 pounds per gallon
Association of American Railroads. Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in Surface Transportation. Washington, DC: Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Explosives, 1994. 862.
Heat of fusion: 13.86 cal/g
Weast, R.C. (ed.) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 69th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1988-1989. C-666.
Condenses at approximately 0 deg C to a clear, colorless, fuming liquid
O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001. 1315.
Specific vol: 3.9 cu ft/lb at 21.1 deg C
Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001. 868.
Liquid or easily liquefied gas
Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001. 868.
Freezing Point: -128 deg C
Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001. 868.
Noncombustible
Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001. 868.
Low boiling liquid
Dunlap KL; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (2005). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Phosgene. Online Posting Date: April 16, 2001.
Phosgene is removed easily from solvents by heating or sparging with air or nitrogen
Dunlap KL; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (2005). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Phosgene. Online Posting Date: April 16, 2001.
Phosgene is a planar molecule. The interatomic distances are 0.128 nm for the C-O bond, and 0.168 nm for C-Cl bond. The angle Cl-C-Cl is 117 degrees.
Dunlap KL; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (2005). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Phosgene. Online Posting Date: April 16, 2001.
Density at critical point: 0.52 g/cu cm
Dunlap KL; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (2005). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Phosgene. Online Posting Date: April 16, 2001.
Henry's Law constant = 1.7X10-2 atm-cu m/mole at 24.85 deg C; 6.6X10-3 atm-cu m/mole at 4.85 deg C
De Bruyn J et al; Environ Sci Technol 29: 1179-85 (1995).
Hydroxyl radical reaction rate constant = 1.0X10-15 cu cm/molec-sec at 25 deg C
