Benzene (C6H6) is a colourless, strongly photorefractive fluid with a characteristic smell. Benzene is flammable and burns with a decarbonised flame.
It is very poisonous and its use in “ordinary” customer products, such as petrol and paint has been reduced.
78.11 g/mol
Gas density: 0.8765 g/m3
Melting point: 5.53 °C
Boiling point: 80.1 °C