Burdick & Jackson solvents are arranged in order of
increasing molecular weight, the sum of the atomic weights (International
Atomic Weights of 1961) of the atoms in the molecule.
| |
Molecular
Weight |
| Water |
18.02 |
| Methanol |
32.04 |
|
Acetonitrile |
41.05 |
| Ethyl
Alcohol |
46.07 |
| Acetone |
58.08 |
| |
|
| Isopropyl
Alcohol |
60.09 |
| n-Propyl
Alcohol |
60.09 |
|
Cyclopentane |
70.14 |
| Methyl
Ethyl Ketone |
72.11 |
|
Tetrahydrofuran |
72.11 |
| |
|
| Pentane |
72.15 |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide |
73.10 |
| n-Butyl
Alcohol |
74.12 |
| Ethyl
Ether |
74.12 |
| Isobutyl
Alcohol |
74.12 |
| |
|
|
2-Methoxyethanol |
76.10 |
| Dimethyl
Sulfoxide |
78.13 |
| Pyridine |
79.10 |
|
Cyclohexane |
84.16 |
|
Dichloromethane |
84.93 |
| |
|
| Methyl
n-Propyl Ketone |
86.13 |
| Hexane |
86.18 |
| Dimethyl
Acetamide |
87.12 |
|
1,4-Dioxane |
88.11 |
| Ethyl
Acetate |
88.11 |
| |
|
| Methyl
t-Butyl Ether |
88.14 |
| Glyme |
90.12 |
| Toluene |
92.14 |
| n-Butyl
Chloride |
92.57 |
| Ethylene
Dichloride |
98.96 |
| |
|
| N-Methylpyrrolidone |
99.13 |
| Methyl
Isobutyl Ketone |
100.16 |
| Heptane |
100.21 |
|
Triethylamine |
101.19 |
| Propylene
Carbonate |
102.09 |
| |
|
| o-Xylene |
106.17 |
|
Chlorobenzene |
112.56 |
|
Trifluoroacetic Acid |
114.02 |
| Methyl
Isoamyl Ketone |
114.19 |
| Iso-Octane
|
114.23 |
| |
|
| n-Butyl
Acetate |
116.16 |
| Chloroform |
119.38 |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
|
147.00
|
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
|
181.46
|
| |
|
|
1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane
|
187.37
|
|
Isopropyl
Myristate
|
270.45 |
|