List of cooling baths

This article contains a list of cooling bath mixtures.

Table

Cooling Agent	Organic Solvent or Inorganic Salt	T (°C)	Notes
Dry ice	p-Xylene	+13	^[1]
Dry ice	p-Dioxane	+12
Dry ice	Cyclohexane	+6
Dry ice	Benzene	+5
Dry ice	Formamide	+2
Ice	Water	0
Ice	Ammonium chloride	-5	0.3 to 1 ratio of salt to ice.
Liquid N₂	Aniline	-6
Ice	Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate	-8	1.1 to 1 ratio of salt to ice.
Ice	Calcium chloride hexahydrate	-10	1 to 2.5 ratio of salt to ice.
Liquid N₂	Ethylene glycol	-10
Ice	Acetone	-10	1 to 1 ratio of acetone to ice.
Liquid N₂	Cycloheptane	-12
Dry ice	Benzyl alcohol	-15
Dry ice	Ethylene glycol	-15
Ice	Sodium chloride	-20	1 to 3 ratio of salt to ice.
Dry ice	Tetrachloroethylene	-22
Dry ice	Carbon Tetrachloride	-23
Dry ice	1,3-Dichlorobenzene	-25
Dry ice	o-Xylene	-29
Liquid N₂	Bromobenzene	-30
Dry ice	m-Toluidine	-32
Dry ice	3-Heptanone	-38
Ice	Calcium chloride hexahydrate	-40	1 to 0.8 ratio of salt to ice.
Dry ice	Acetonitrile	-41
Dry ice	Pyridine	-42
Dry ice	Cyclohexanone	-46
Dry ice	m-Xylene	-47
Dry ice	Diethyl carbitol	-52
Dry ice	n-Octane	-56
Dry ice	Diisopropyl ether	-60
Dry ice	Chloroform	-61
Liquid N₂	Chloroform	-63	^[2]
Dry ice	Ethanol	-72	Note: without the addition of ethylene glycol, temp is -78 °C.
Dry ice	Trichloroethylene	-73
Dry ice	Isopropyl alcohol	-77
Liquid N₂	Butyl acetate	-77
Dry ice	Acetone	-78
Liquid N₂	Isoamyl acetate	-79
Dry ice	Sulfur dioxide	-82
Liquid N₂	Ethyl Acetate	-84
Liquid N₂	n-Butanol	-89
Liquid N₂	Hexane	-94
Liquid N₂	Acetone	-94
Liquid N₂	Toluene	-95
Liquid N₂	Methanol	-98
Liquid N₂	Cyclohexene	-104
Liquid N₂	Isooctane	-107
Liquid N₂	Ethyl iodide	-109
Liquid N₂	Carbon disulfide	-110
Liquid N₂	Butyl bromide	-112
Liquid N₂	Ethanol	-116
Liquid N₂	Ethyl bromide	-119
Liquid N₂	Acetaldehyde	-124
Liquid N₂	Methylcyclohexane	-126
Liquid N₂	n-Propanol	-127
Liquid N₂	n-Pentane	-131
Liquid N₂	1,5-Hexadiene	-141
Liquid N₂	Isopentane	-160
Liquid N₂	(none)	-196
Liquid He	(none)	-269

References

^ "Cooling baths". 2013-10-02.
^ "Lab freezing bath temperatures - Larkinweb.co.uk".

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[1] "Cooling baths". 2013-10-02.

[2] "Lab freezing bath temperatures - Larkinweb.co.uk".

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