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Table data obtained from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed.
Properties of aqueous methanol solutions
Data obtained from Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. and CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed. The annotation, d a°C/b°C, indicates density of solution at temperature a divided by density of pure water at temperature b.
% wt methanol
% vol methanol
d 15.6°C/4°C
d 0°C/4°C
d 10°C/4°C
d 20°C/4°C
freezing temp °C
0
0
0.99908
0.99984
0.99970
0.99820
0.0
1
1.25
0.99728
0.9981
0.9980
0.9965
2
2.50
0.99543
0.9963
0.9962
0.9943
3
3.75
0.99370
0.9946
0.9945
0.9931
3.9
5
0.9938
–2.2
4
4.99
0.99198
0.9930
0.9929
0.9914
5
6.22
0.99029
0.9914
0.9912
0.9896
6
7.45
0.98864
0.9899
0.9896
0.9880
7
8.68
0.98701
0.9884
0.9881
0.9863
8
9.91
0.98547
0.9870
0.9865
0.9847
8.1
10
0.9872
–5.0
9
11.13
0.98547
0.9856
0.9849
0.9831
10
12.35
0.98241
0.9842
0.9834
0.9815
11
13.56
0.98093
0.9829
0.9820
0.9799
12
14.77
0.97945
0.9816
0.9805
0.9784
12.2
15
0.9810
–8.3
13
15.98
0.97802
0.9804
0.9791
0.9768
14
17.18
0.97660
0.9792
0.9778
0.9754
15
18.38
0.97518
0.9780
0.9764
0.9740
16
19.58
0.97377
0.9769
0.9751
0.9725
16.4
20
0.975
–11.7
17
20.77
0.97237
0.9758
0.9739
0.9710
18
21.96
0.97096
0.9747
0.9726
0.9696
19
23.15
0.96955
0.9736
0.9713
0.9681
20
24.33
0.96814
0.9725
0.9700
0.9666
20.6
25
0.968
–15.6
21
25.51
0.96673
0.9714
0.9687
0.9651
22
26.69
0.96533
0.9702
0.9673
0.9636
23
27.86
0.96392
0.9690
0.9660
0.9622
24
29.03
0.96251
0.9678
0.9646
0.9607
24.9
30
0.964
–20.0
25
30.19
0.96108
0.9666
0.9632
0.9592
26
31.35
0.95963
0.9654
0.9628
0.9576
27
32.51
0.95817
0.9642
0.9604
0.9562
28
33.66
0.95668
0.9629
0.9590
0.9546
29
34.81
0.95518
0.9616
0.9575
0.9531
29.2
35
0.957
–25.0
30
35.95
0.95366
0.9604
0.9560
0.9515
31
37.09
0.95213
0.9590
0.9546
0.9499
32
38.22
0.95056
0.9576
0.9531
0.9483
33
39.35
0.94896
0.9563
0.9516
0.9466
33.6
40
0.950
–30.0
34
40.48
0.94734
0.9549
0.9500
0.9450
35
41.59
0.94570
0.9534
0.9484
0.9433
36
42.71
0.94404
0.9520
0.9469
0.9416
37
43.82
0.94237
0.9505
0.9453
0.9398
38
44.92
0.94067
0.9490
0.9437
0.9381
–35.6
39
46.02
0.93894
0.9475
0.9420
0.9363
40
47.11
0.93720
0.9459
0.9403
0.9345
41
48.20
0.93543
0.9443
0.9387
0.9327
42
49.28
0.93365
0.9427
0.9370
0.9309
43
50.35
0.93185
0.9411
0.9352
0.9290
44
51.42
0.93001
0.9395
0.9334
0.9272
45
52.49
0.92815
0.9377
0.9316
0.9252
46
53.54
0.92627
0.9360
0.9298
0.9234
47
54.60
0.92436
0.9342
0.9279
0.9214
48
55.64
0.92242
0.9324
0.9260
0.9196
49
56.68
0.92048
0.9306
0.9240
0.9176
50
57.71
0.91852
0.9287
0.9221
0.9156
51
58.74
0.91653
0.9269
0.9202
0.9135
52
59.76
0.91451
0.9250
0.9182
0.9114
53
60.77
0.91248
0.9230
0.9162
0.9094
54
61.78
0.91044
0.9211
0.9142
0.9073
55
62.78
0.90839
0.9191
0.9122
0.9052
56
63.78
0.90631
0.9172
0.9101
0.9032
57
64.77
0.90421
0.9151
0.9080
0.9010
58
65.75
0.90210
0.9131
0.9060
0.8988
59
66.73
0.89996
0.9111
0.9039
0.8968
60
67.69
0.89781
0.9090
0.9018
0.8946
61
68.65
0.89563
0.9068
0.8998
0.8924
62
69.61
0.89341
0.9046
0.8977
0.8902
63
70.55
0.89117
0.9024
0.8955
0.8879
64
71.49
0.88890
0.9002
0.8933
0.8856
65
72.42
0.88662
0.8980
0.8911
0.8834
66
73.34
0.88433
0.8958
0.8888
0.8811
67
74.26
0.88203
0.8935
0.8865
0.8787
68
75.17
0.87971
0.8913
0.8842
0.8763
69
76.08
0.87739
0.8891
0.8818
0.8738
70
76.98
0.87507
0.8869
0.8794
0.8715
71
77.86
0.87271
0.8847
0.8770
0.8690
72
78.75
0.87033
0.8824
0.8747
0.8665
73
79.62
0.86792
0.8801
0.8724
0.8641
74
80.48
0.86546
0.8778
0.8699
0.8616
75
81.34
0.86300
0.8754
0.8676
0.8592
76
82.18
0.86051
0.8729
0.8651
0.8567
77
83.02
0.85801
0.8705
0.8626
0.8542
78
83.86
0.85551
0.8680
0.8602
0.8518
79
84.68
0.85300
0.8657
0.8577
0.8494
80
85.50
0.85048
0.8634
0.8551
0.8469
81
86.31
0.84794
0.8610
0.8527
0.8446
82
87.11
0.84536
0.8585
0.8501
0.8420
83
87.90
0.84274
0.8560
0.8475
0.8394
84
88.68
0.84009
0.8535
0.8449
0.8366
85
89.45
0.83742
0.8510
0.8422
0.8340
86
90.21
0.83475
0.8483
0.8394
0.8314
87
90.97
0.83207
0.8456
0.8367
0.8286
88
91.72
0.82937
0.8428
0.8340
0.8258
89
92.46
0.82667
0.8400
0.8314
0.8230
90
93.19
0.82396
0.8374
0.8287
0.8202
91
93.92
0.82124
0.8347
0.8261
0.8174
92
94.63
0.81849
0.8320
0.8234
0.8146
93
95.33
0.81568
0.8293
0.8208
0.8118
94
96.02
0.81285
0.8266
0.8180
0.8090
95
96.70
0.80999
0.8240
0.8152
0.8062
96
97.37
0.80713
0.8212
0.8124
0.8034
97
98.04
0.80428
0.8186
0.8096
0.8005
98
98.70
0.80143
0.8158
0.8068
0.7976
99
99.35
0.79859
0.8130
0.8040
0.7948
100
100
0.79577
0.8102
0.8009
0.7917
–97.8
% wt methanol
% vol methanol
d 15.6°C/4°C
d 0°C/4°C
d 10°C/4°C
d 20°C/4°C
freezing temp °C
Distillation data
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Methanol/Water[7] P = 760 mm Hg; T = 72.4°C - 100.0°C
BP Temp. °C
% by mole methanol
liquid
vapor
100.00
0.0
0.0
99.25
0.5840
4.5705
96.9
1.2
11.4
95.7
2.6
15.7
92.2
5.0
29.3
90.15
7.38
36.65
87.5
10.2
43.0
86.50
11.76
48.55
84.8
14.0
51.4
84.3
15.0
52.2
82.9
17.5
56.0
81.5
20.0
59.0
78.0
30.0
67.5
75.4
40.0
73.5
73.7
47.3
76.5
72.6
52.6
79.4
72.4
54.0
80.1
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Methanol/Water[7] P = 760 mm Hg; T = 64.6°C - 72.0°C
BP Temp. °C
% by mole methanol
liquid
vapor
72.0
56.5
80.5
71.5
58.5
81.6
71.4
60.0
83.1
70.6
66.2
85.7
69.9
67.5
86.5
69.6
70.0
87.4
69.1
71.4
87.8
67.8
80.0
91.8
66.9
85.0
93.0
66.50
88.08
94.17
66.2
89.0
95.6
66.1
90.0
96.1
65.7
92.0
96.5
65.4
95.0
98.1
64.95
96.57
95.69
64.70
98.71
97.78
64.6
100.0
100.0
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Methanol/Ethanol[7] P = 760 mm Hg
^Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 10th ed. pp1669-1674
^ abLange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1525-1528
^ abCRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 44th ed. pp 2582-2584
^Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 10th ed, pp 1522-1524
^ [http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi Spectral Database for
Organic Compounds] (Queriable database). Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Retrieved on 9 June 2007.
^ abc Binary Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data (Queriable database). Chemical Engineering Research Information Center. Retrieved on 7 May 2007.
NIST Chemistry WebBook (sample table of physical properties)
Except where noted otherwise, data relate to standard ambient temperature and pressure.