|
||||
| Latest News Repair Parts Kits Now Available from Viking Pump Read... Electric Heat now available with select Universal Seal series pumps as an alternative to hot oil or steam systems Read... Crown Point Productions announces that Viking Pump will be part of its "World's Greatest!..." series Read... | ||||
|
||||
|
||||
Other Names: Chloromethane
Formula: CH2C12
Sp. Gr.: 1.3
Viscosity: .4 cPs.
Remarks: Colorless, volatile liquid. Poisonous when inhaled. Soluble in alcohol and ether, m.p. -97ºC / -142ºF, b.p. 40ºC / 104ºF. Used as a component of paint removers, as a fumigant, solvent for alkoids, crude rubbers, oils, resins, waxes; in textile and leather coatings, refrigeration, local anesthetic, for the extraction of oils, fats, perfumes, flavors and drugs, as a propellant for aerosol and a blowing agent in foam. Avoid prolonged or repeated contact with skin or breathing of vapor. Corrosive in presence of water.
Pump Notes: Cast iron construction is satisfactory. Do not use a pump with any aluminum parts. PTFE or Kalrez® elastomers are recommended as is a mechanical shaft seal.
Kalrez® is a registered trademark of DuPont Dow Elastomers®, L.L.C.