Registration Dossier

Data platform availability banner - registered substances factsheets

Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Physical & Chemical properties

Partition coefficient

Currently viewing:

Administrative data

Link to relevant study record(s)

Description of key information

The log Kow of benzene is 2.13

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Log Kow (Log Pow):
2.13
at the temperature of:
20 °C

Additional information

The CRC Handbook is a peer reviewed handbook and so can be considered reliable and suitable for use as the key study for this endpoint. The supporting study (ICSC 2003) is also a peer reviewed handbook and supports the value reported in the key study, giving a partition coefficient of 2.13.