Constituent
Name
Anthracene
Official name
Anthracene
Family
molecular solid
Class
mixed molecular solid
Compound type
organic molecular solid
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass
0.3 $\pm$ 0.001 $g$
Mass fraction
0.99 $\pm$ 0.001
Mole fraction
1.0
Abundance comments
about 1% impurities, but unspecified species (GC), with 2 at 0.52% and 0.24% (higher dilution time) and 7 others < 0.05% (lower and higher dilution times)
Chemical composition
Formula
$C_{14}H_{10}$
Chemical formula
C14H10
Elemental formula
C14 H10
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$C_{14}H_{10}$ Anthracene molecule 1 1.0 1.0 pure main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R=CH-R$ 10 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$\eqslantgtr C-H$ 10 main
$\eqslantgtr C-C\eqslantless$ 9 main
$>C=C<$ 7 main
Class
molecular solids with apolar molecules (01)
Phase type
crystalline
Crystal system
monoclinic
Crystal class
prismatic
Crystal class symbol
2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup
P2(1)/c
Molar mass
178.23 $g/mol$
Density
1.28 $g/cm^3$
Color
white