Ethylamine, physical properties

Tables 10.2 and 10.3 lists the physical properties of the aliphatic amines. The lowest molecular weight amine, ethylamine, boils at only 16.6 C and is thus available only as a compressed gas or as an aqueous solution. The other fifteen aliphatic amines have boiling points in the range of 32.4-213 C. The flash points of these amines are low with the highest being only 70 F for the tributylamine. These short-chain amines are readily soluble in water and most organic solvents. The solubility of amines decreases with increasing temperature, for example, triethylamine is completely soluble in water below 18 C but is only partially soluble above this temperature. The lower alkylamines have the characteristic ammonia odor which decreases with increased substitution onto the nitrogen atom.

Ethylamine(s), 2 537t ACGIH TLV, 2 548t derivation from ethanol, 10 556 physical and chemical properties of, 2 540t... 

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