Characteristics of CCl4:
- Carbon Tetrachloride gives off a sweet smell
- The boiling point of Carbon Tetrachloride is 76.8 degrees celsius
- The melting point of this compound is -22.62 degrees celsius
- Carbon Tetrachloride is not so much found as it is made by reacting chloroform and chlorine and for this reason it does not occur naturally
- The percent composition of Carbon in CCl4 is about 7.8%
- The Percent composition of Chlorine in CCl4 is about 92.3%
- Four Chlorine atoms surround one carbon to make up CCl4
- The four Chlorines are joined to the carbon with singe covalent bonds
- This compound is non-polar
- CCl4 has 32 Valence electrons (Carbon has 4 and each Cl has 7)
- The composition by number for CCl4 is 20% Carbon and 80% Chlorine
- Carbon Tetrachloride is clear in color (see picture at right)
- It is 1.5 times more dense than water or 1.59 g/cm^3
- The molar mass of CCl4 is 153.82 g/mol
- Carbon Tetrachloride is stable at standard temp and pressure