The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is an authoritative reference work for those in chemistry and the physical sciences, as well as biology, geology, environmental science, and other fields. With four parts, this text includes 369 different topics with 771 distinct data tables and figures.
You can search by name, formula, property, and more to uncover wide details about organic and inorganic compounds.
Follow these steps to use the online version of the CRC to determine physical properties such as solubility for an inorganic or organic compound.
1. Access the CRC online.
2. Search for the name or formula using the search box.
3. Your results from the search should include a link to either "Physical Constants for Inorganic Compounds" or "Physical Constants for Organic Compounds." Click on the link and you should be presented with a table that provides information on things such as boiling point, melting point, and solubility (example of a search for NaCl is shown below).
Use the sliding bar to view information on the right side of the table. For example, this table indicates that the solubility of NaCl at 25 C is 36.0 g/100 g water. It also indicates that NaCl is slightly soluble in ethanol (EtOH). For most results you will need to know the common abbreviations used by the CRC: CRC Abbreviations
ace - acetone
acid - acid solutions
alk - alkaline solutions
amorp - amorphous
anh - anhydrous
aq - aqueous
blk - black
brn - brown
bz - benzene
chl - chloroform
col - colorless
conc - concentrated
cry - crystals, crystalline
cub - cubic
cyhex - cyclohexane
dec - decomposes
dil - dilute
diox - dioxane
eth - ethyl ether
EtOH - ethanol
exp - explodes, explosive
extrap - extrapolated
flam - flammable
gl - glass, glassy
grn - green
hc - hydrocarbon solvents
hex - hexagonal, hexane
hp - heptane
HT - high temperature
hyd - hydrate
hyg - hygroscopic
i - insoluble in
liq - liquid
LT - low temperature
MeOH - methanol
monocl - monoclinic
octahed - octahedral
oran - orange
orth - orthorhombic
os - organic solvents
peth - petroleum ether
pow - powder
prec - precipitate
pur - purple
py - pyridine
reac - reacts with
refrac - refractory
rhom - rhombohedral
r.t. - room temperature
s - soluble in
silv - silvery
sl - slightly soluble in
soln - solution
sp - sublimation point
stab - stable
subl - sublimes
temp - temperature
tetr - tetragonal
thf - tetrahydrofuran
tol - toluene
tp - triple point
trans - transition, transformation
tricl - triclinic
trig - trigonal
unstab - unstable
viol - violet
visc - viscous
vs - very soluble in
wh - white
xyl - xylene
yel - yellow
