4 CIRCULAR 9 77, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 1. — Characteristics of various sol rents for DDT 1 



Solvent 



Density 



Boiling Flash 

 point point 2 



Solubil- 

 ity of 

 DDT 



ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 



Acetone 



Grams per 

 milliliter 



0. 79 

 .88 



1. 11 

 1. 60 



.95 

 1. 30 

 1. 19 



. 81 

 1. 26 



. 92 

 1.63 



. 97 

 1.47 



.86 



.87 



. 82-. 84 

 . 84-. 86 

 . 72-. 75 

 . 80-. 82 

 . 81 (max.) 



F. 

 133 

 176 

 433 

 169 

 315 

 356 

 360 

 172 

 183 

 419 

 250 



o p 



14 



Grams 



per 100 



ml. of 



solvent 



58 



Benzene 



<20 , 78 



42 



Benzyl benzoate 



Carbon tetrachloride 



(3) 4-5 



(Yclohexanone 



122 

 167 

 300 

 167 

 70 

 205 



116 



o-Dichlorobenzene 



59 



Dimethvl phthalate 



34 



Ethvl alcohol, 95 percent 



2 



Ethylene dichloride 



59 



Isophorone 



74 



Tetrachloroethvlene 



38 



Tetrahvdronaphthalene 



405 ! 180 

 190 ! (3) 

 275-293 80-85 



61 



Trichloroethvlene 



64 



Xvlene (10-degree) 



53 



o- Xvlene 



291 





57 



Petroleum oils: 

 Fuel oil: 

 No. 1 



8-11 



No. 2 







7-10 



Gasoline 



140-248 

 345-525 

 177-277 

 350-410 





in 



Kerosene, regular run, crude. _ 

 Kerosene, refined, odorless 



150 ; 8-10 

 125 (min.) ; 4 

 >100 



Stoddard solvent 



OTHER HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS 4 



Amsco Solv H-La 





220 



>175 

 5 >250 

 114 

 186 

 165 

 155 



275 

 245 

 250 

 210 



180 

 230 

 180 

 180 

 220 

 300 

 200 



30 



Bronoco Hi-Sol: 



No. 4 



No. 100- _ 



. 93-1. 00 

 . 99-1. 00 



. 88 



410-580 

 420-750 

 302-392 



32 

 35 



Hi-Flash Solvent 



48 



Hi-Solv Oil No. 473 _ 



30 



Saf-T-Sol No. 1 



.92 



.88 



.99 

 .95 

 .93 

 .93 



. 93-. 95 



.97 



. 96-. 98 



. 95-. 96 



. 98-1. 00 



1. 04 



. 97-1. 00 



364-663 

 343-410 



525-640 

 475-570 

 474-740 

 420-546 



390-485 

 457-516 

 390-550 

 390-550 

 460-560 

 496-675 

 420-680 



30 



Solvesso No. 3 



33 



S/V Sovacide: 



544-B 



45 



544-C _ _ 



38 



544-F __ _ 



27 



Umex . 4060 



Veisicol: 



AR-40 



AR-50 



AR-50 



AR-50G : 



AR-60 



NR-70 



NR 70 



27 



59 

 55 

 65 

 44 

 55 

 52 

 53 



1 Mention of proprietary products in this table and throughout this circular 

 does not constitute their endorsement by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



2 Cleveland open cup (COC). 



3 Nonflammable. 



4 Most of the data on these solvents were furnished by the producers; grade of 

 DDT was not specified. 



5 Tag closed cup. 



