alpha-118.6 °F; beta-79 °F; gamma-117 °F. (NTP, 1992)
48.5 °C
Melting point: 47 °C (gamma-Benzophenone)
26 °C
119 °F
Boiling Point
582.6 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)
305.9 °C
305.00 to 307.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
305 °C
583 °F
Density
1.085 at 122 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink
1.111 g/cu cm at 18 °C
Relative density (water = 1): 1.1
1.085
Physical Description
Benzophenone appears as white solid with a flowery odor. May float or sink in water. (USCG, 1999)
NKRA; Pellets or Large Crystals; Pellets or Large Crystals, Liquid; Dry Powder, Liquid; Dry Powder; Liquid; Other Solid
White solid with sweet, rose-like odor; [Hawley] White crystalline solid with a pleasant odor;
Solid
WHITE CRYSTALS WITH FLOWERY ODOR.
Appearance
Orthorhombic prisms from alcohol (alpha); monoclinic prisms (beta)
Rhombic prisms (stable form), monoclinic prisms (labile form), white crystals