3. Product sheet

3.1 Physico-chemical properties

Table 1 shows the main physico-chemical characteristics of each of the four chloromethanes:

• methyl chloride CH ₃ Cl ;

• methylene chloride CH ₂ Cl ₂ ;

• chloroform CHCl ₃ ;

• carbon tetrachloride CCl ₄ .

The first is gaseous under normal temperature and pressure conditions, while the other three...