Constituent
- Name
- C6H6 crystalline ice
- Official name
- solid Benzene
- Family
- molecular solid
- Class
- non polar molecular solid
- Compound type
- organic molecular solid
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0
- Mole fraction
- 1.0
- Formula
- Chemical formula
- C6H6
- Elemental formula
- C6 H6
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Composition comments
- possible impurities in the C6H6 liquid bottle: H2O (<0.0005), S compounds < 50 ppm, residue < 10 ppm
- Class
- molecular solids with apolar molecules (01)
- Type
- with polyatomic organic apolar molecules (CnHm...) (01.06)
- Phase name
- solid Benzene
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- orthorhombic
- Crystal class
- dipyramidal
- Crystal class symbol
- mmm (D2h)
- Crystal spacegroup
- Pbca
- Comments
- only crystal structure known for solid C6H6 at low pressure, amorphous below 30-60 K
- Texture
- polycrystalline
- Molar mass
- 78.1118
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refraction index
- 1.544 (100 K), 1.66 (th.)
- Refraction index
- 1.646
- Refraction index
- 1.550
- Color
- colorless
- Diaphaneity
- transparent
- Luster
- vitreous