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Melting point / freezing point

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Description of key information

A trend of increasing melting point with increasing carbon number is seen for category members.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Melting / freezing point at 101 325 Pa:
17.5 °C

Additional information

Melting point increases with increasing carbon number across the category. Data is available for category members with carbon numbers of C6 to C28. For the alpha olefins melting point is below -20°C until C14. For the olefins melting point remains below -20°C until around C20.