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List of cooling baths

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This article contains a list of cooling bath mixtures.

Table

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Cooling Agent Organic Solvent or Inorganic Salt T (°C) Notes Reference
Dry ice p-Xylene +13 [1]
Dry ice p-Dioxane +12 [1]
Dry ice Cyclohexane +6 [1]
Dry ice Benzene +5 [1]
Dry ice Formamide +2 [1]
Ice Water 0 [1]
Ice Ammonium chloride −5 0.3 to 1 ratio of salt to ice. [citation needed]
Liquid N2 Aniline −6 [2]
Ice Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate −8 1.1 to 1 ratio of salt to ice. [citation needed]
Ice Calcium chloride hexahydrate −10 1 to 2.5 ratio of salt to ice. [citation needed]
Liquid N2 Ethylene glycol −10.5 [1]
Ice Acetone −10 1 to 1 ratio of acetone to ice. [citation needed]
Liquid N2 Cycloheptane −12 [1]
Dry ice Benzyl alcohol −15 [citation needed]
Dry ice Ethylene glycol −15 [3]
Ice Sodium chloride −20 1 to 3 ratio of salt to ice. [citation needed]
Dry ice Tetrachloroethylene −22 [1]
Dry ice Carbon Tetrachloride −22.8 [1]
Dry ice 1,3-Dichlorobenzene −25 [1]
Dry ice o-Xylene −29 [1]
Liquid N2 Bromobenzene −30 [2]
Dry ice m-Toluidine −32 [1]
Dry ice 3-Heptanone −38 [3]
Ice Calcium chloride hexahydrate −40 to −50 1 to 0.8 ratio of salt to ice. [1]
Dry ice Acetonitrile −41 [1]
Dry ice Pyridine −42 [1]
Dry ice Cyclohexanone -46 [citation needed]
Dry ice m-Xylene -47 [1]
Dry ice Diethyl carbitol -52 [1]
Dry ice n-Octane -56 [1]
Dry ice Diisopropyl ether -60 [1]
Dry ice Chloroform -61 [3]
Liquid N2 Chloroform -63 [3]
Dry ice Ethanol -72 Note: without the addition of ethylene glycol, temp is -78 °C.[citation needed] [1]
Dry ice Trichloroethylene -73 [1]
Dry ice Isopropyl alcohol -77 [3]
Liquid N2 Butyl acetate -77 [1]
Dry ice Acetone -78 [3]
Liquid N2 Isoamyl acetate -79 [1]
Dry ice Sulfur dioxide -82 [3]
Liquid N2 Ethyl Acetate -84 [1]
Liquid N2 n-Butanol -89 [1]
Liquid N2 Hexane -94 [2]
Liquid N2 Acetone -94.6 [1]
Liquid N2 Toluene -95.1 [1]
Liquid N2 Methanol -98 [1]
Liquid N2 Cyclohexene -104 [1]
Liquid N2 Isooctane -107 [1]
Liquid N2 Ethyl iodide -109 [2]
Liquid N2 Carbon disulfide -110 [2]
Liquid N2 Butyl bromide -112 [2]
Liquid N2 Diethyl ether -116 [1]
Liquid N2 Ethanol -116 [1]
Liquid N2 Ethyl bromide -119 [2]
Liquid N2 Acetaldehyde -124 [2]
Liquid N2 Methylcyclohexane -126 [1]
Liquid N2 n-Propanol -127 [2]
Liquid N2 n-Pentane -131 [1]
Liquid N2 1,5-Hexadiene -141 [2]
Liquid N2 Isopentane -160 [1]
Liquid N2 (none) -196 [4]
Liquid He (none) -269 [4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Perrin, D. D.; Armarego, W. L. F. (1988). Purification of Laboratory Chemicals (3rd ed.). Oxford: Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-034715-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rondeau, Roger E. (1966). "Slush baths". Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 11: 124. doi:10.1021/je60028a037.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Larkin, James R. "Lab freezing bath temperatures". Larkinweb.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  4. 1 2 "About Cryogenics". National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
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