THERMINOL VP-3

heat transfer fluid

High-temperature, low-odor,
vapor/liquid phase fluid

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The recommended maximum bulk and film temperatures for

Eastman Therminol® VP-3 liquid/vapor phase Therminol VP-3 are based on industry-standard thermal studies.
Operation at or below these temperature maximums can provide
heat transfer fluid was specially developed to
long service life under most operating conditions.
allow vapor phase heat transfer at lower
Actual fluid life is dependent on the total system design and
temperatures than are practical with traditional
operation and can vary by heat transfer fluid chemistry. As fluid
diphenyl oxide/biphenyl constituted fluids. ages, the formation of low- and high-boiling compounds may
result. Low-boiling compounds should be vented from the system
Therminol VP-3 is available globally. Contact your
as necessary to a safe location away from personnel and sources of
local Eastman Therminol sales representative for ignition and in compliance with applicable regulations and laws.
more information. The high-boiling compounds can be very soluble in the fluid.
Significant overheating or fluid contamination will accelerate
decomposition and may result in increased high-boiler and solids
concentrations. Excess solids can typically be filtered for removal.

The odor of Therminol VP-3 is milder than other vapor phase organic
heat transfer fluids. Therminol VP-3 contains virtually no biphenyl.

Therminol VP-3 is a Class IIIB combustible fluid under the

definitions of the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA).
As with any other combustible material, proper system design
and operation are important to safe operation. Vapor leaks
could condense into a stable mist suspension that may be
explosive in certain concentrations in air. Consequently, the use
For more information about vapor phase system design, of protective devices may be required to minimize fire risk and
operation, and safety, refer to the Vapor phase design users of Therminol VP-3 should check with their safety and risk
guide or the Therminol VP-3 safety data sheet (SDS). management experts for specific instructions.
 Typical propertiesa
Appearance Above 2.4ºC (36ºF), clear, sediment-free liquid
Composition Phenylcyclohexane + bicyclohexyl
Maximum bulk temperature 330°C (625°F)
Maximum film temperature 360°C (675°F)
Normal boiling point 243°C (469°F)
Crystallizing point 2.4°C (36°F)
Flash point, COC (ASTM D-92) 104°C (219°F)
Autoignition temperature (ASTM E-659) 360°C (680°F)
Autoignition temperature (DIN 51794) 351°C (664°F)
Coefficient of thermal expansion at 200°C 0.001204/°C (0.000669/°F)
Total acidity (ASTM D-664) <0.2 mg KOH/g
Average molecular weight 161
Pseudocritical temperature 406°C (764°F)
Pseudocritical pressure 38.5 bar (558.4 psia)
Pseudocritical density 352 kg/m3 (22 lb/ft3)
Chlorine content (DIN 51577) <10 ppm
Copper corrosion (ASTM D-130) <<1a
Moisture content, maximum (ASTM E-203) 150 ppm
Surface tension in air at 25ºC 43.2 dynes/cm
Dielectric constant @ 23°C (ASTM D-924) 2.48
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T hese data are based on samples tested in the laboratory and are not guaranteed for all samples. Contact us for complete sales
specifications for Therminol VP-3 fluid. Does not constitute an express warranty. See disclaimer on the back page of this bulletin.

To create your own customized table

with preferred properties, units of measure,
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Liquid properties of Therminol® VP-3 heat transfer fluid by temperaturea
(SI UNITS)
Liquid
Liquid Liquid Heat of Liquid thermal Vapor
Temperature density heat capacity vaporization enthalpyb conductivity Liquid viscosityc pressured
°C °F kg/m3 kJ/(kg·K) kJ/kg kJ/kg W/(m·K) cP (mPa·s) cSt (mm2/s) kPa
4 39.2 941 1.525 533.5 –0.7 0.1195 4.74 5.04 —
10 50 938 1.555 530.9 8.6 0.1187 3.91 4.17 0.001
20 68 933 1.604 526.4 24.4 0.1174 2.95 3.16 0.003
30 86 928 1.651 521.9 40.6 0.1162 2.31 2.49 0.007
40 104 923 1.698 517.3 57.4 0.1149 1.87 2.03 0.015
50 122 917 1.744 512.7 74.6 0.1136 1.56 1.70 0.030
60 140 911 1.789 508.1 92.3 0.1123 1.33 1.46 0.058
70 158 905 1.833 503.4 110.4 0.1110 1.15 1.28 0.108
80 176 899 1.876 498.7 128.9 0.1097 1.02 1.13 0.194
90 194 892 1.918 494.1 147.9 0.1084 0.908 1.02 0.338
100 212 885 1.960 489.4 167.3 0.1071 0.819 0.925 0.569
110 230 878 2.000 484.7 187.1 0.1058 0.744 0.848 0.933
120 248 871 2.040 480.0 207.3 0.1045 0.681 0.782 1.49
130 266 863 2.079 475.3 227.9 0.1031 0.627 0.726 2.32
140 284 855 2.118 470.7 248.9 0.1018 0.580 0.678 3.53
150 302 847 2.155 466.0 270.2 0.1005 0.538 0.635 5.27
160 320 839 2.192 461.3 292.0 0.0991 0.501 0.597 7.72
170 338 830 2.229 456.7 314.1 0.0978 0.467 0.563 11.1
180 356 821 2.265 452.0 336.5 0.0965 0.437 0.532 15.7
190 374 812 2.300 447.3 359.4 0.0951 0.408 0.503 21.9
200 392 803 2.336 442.6 382.6 0.0937 0.382 0.477 30.0
210 410 793 2.371 437.9 406.1 0.0924 0.358 0.452 40.7
220 428 783 2.407 433.2 430.0 0.0910 0.336 0.429 54.4
230 446 772 2.442 428.4 454.2 0.0896 0.315 0.408 71.9
240 464 761 2.479 423.5 478.8 0.0882 0.295 0.388 93.9
250 482 750 2.516 418.6 503.8 0.0868 0.277 0.369 121
260 500 738 2.555 413.5 529.1 0.0854 0.259 0.351 156
270 518 726 2.596 408.3 554.9 0.0840 0.243 0.335 197
280 536 714 2.641 402.9 581.1 0.0826 0.228 0.319 248
290 554 701 2.691 397.2 607.7 0.0812 0.213 0.304 309
300 572 687 2.747 391.2 634.9 0.0798 0.199 0.290 382
310 590 673 2.814 384.7 662.7 0.0784 0.186 0.277 469
320 608 658 2.895 377.6 691.2 0.0769 0.174 0.265 572
330 626 641 2.998 369.8 720.7 0.0755 0.163 0.253 693
340 644 624 3.137 360.8 751.3 0.0740 0.152 0.243 834
350 662 606 3.334 350.2 783.6 0.0726 0.141 0.234 997
360 680 586 3.634 337.1 818.3 0.0711 0.132 0.225 1180
Maximum recommended bulk temperature 330°C (625°F). The normal boiling temperature is 243°C (469°F). These data are based on samples tested in the laboratory and are not guaranteed for
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all samples. Contact us for complete sales specifications for Therminol VP-3 fluid. bEnthalpy basis is liquid at 4.4°C (40°F). c1 cSt = 1 mm2/s and 1 mPa•s = 1 cP d100 kPa = 01 bar
Liquid properties of Therminol® VP-3 heat transfer fluid by temperaturea
(ENGLISH UNITS)
Liquid Heat of Liquid Liquid thermal Vapor
Temperature Liquid density heat capacity vaporization enthalpyb conductivity Liquid viscosityc pressured
°F °C lb/gal lb/ft3 Btu/(lb·°F) Btu/lb Btu/lb Btu/(ft·h·°F) lb/(ft·h) cSt (mm2/s) psia
40 4 7.85 58.8 0.365 229.4 0.0 0.0690 11.3 4.96 —
60 16 7.81 58.4 0.378 227.3 7.4 0.0682 8.04 3.55 —
80 27 7.76 58.1 0.391 225.2 15.1 0.0674 6.04 2.68 0.001
100 38 7.71 57.7 0.403 223.0 23.1 0.0666 4.74 2.12 0.002
120 49 7.66 57.3 0.416 220.8 31.3 0.0658 3.85 1.73 0.004
140 60 7.60 56.9 0.428 218.6 39.7 0.0649 3.22 1.46 0.008
160 71 7.55 56.5 0.439 216.3 48.4 0.0641 2.75 1.26 0.017
180 82 7.49 56.0 0.451 214.1 57.3 0.0633 2.40 1.10 0.032
200 93 7.43 55.5 0.462 211.9 66.4 0.0624 2.12 0.985 0.059
220 104 7.36 55.1 0.473 209.6 75.7 0.0616 1.90 0.889 0.103
240 116 7.29 54.6 0.483 207.4 85.3 0.0607 1.71 0.810 0.176
260 127 7.22 54.0 0.494 205.2 95.1 0.0599 1.56 0.744 0.291
280 138 7.15 53.5 0.504 202.9 105.0 0.0590 1.43 0.688 0.468
300 149 7.08 52.9 0.514 200.7 115.2 0.0582 1.31 0.640 0.732
320 160 7.00 52.4 0.524 198.5 125.6 0.0573 1.21 0.597 1.12
340 171 6.92 51.8 0.534 196.2 136.2 0.0565 1.12 0.559 1.68
360 182 6.84 51.1 0.543 194.0 147.0 0.0556 1.04 0.525 2.46
380 193 6.75 50.5 0.553 191.8 157.9 0.0547 0.967 0.494 3.53
400 204 6.66 49.8 0.562 189.5 169.1 0.0538 0.899 0.465 4.99
420 216 6.57 49.1 0.571 187.3 180.4 0.0530 0.836 0.439 6.94
440 227 6.47 48.4 0.581 185.0 191.9 0.0521 0.779 0.415 9.51
460 238 6.37 47.7 0.590 182.7 203.6 0.0512 0.725 0.392 12.8
480 249 6.27 46.9 0.600 180.3 215.5 0.0503 0.675 0.371 17.1
500 260 6.16 46.1 0.611 177.9 227.6 0.0494 0.628 0.351 22.6
520 271 6.05 45.3 0.622 175.4 240.0 0.0485 0.584 0.333 29.4
540 282 5.93 44.4 0.634 172.8 252.5 0.0476 0.543 0.315 37.8
560 293 5.81 43.5 0.647 170.0 265.3 0.0467 0.504 0.299 48.2
580 304 5.68 42.5 0.663 167.1 278.4 0.0458 0.468 0.284 60.8
600 316 5.54 41.5 0.683 163.9 291.9 0.0448 0.434 0.270 76.1
620 327 5.40 40.4 0.708 160.3 305.8 0.0439 0.402 0.257 94.4
640 338 5.24 39.2 0.741 156.1 320.2 0.0430 0.373 0.245 116
660 349 5.07 38.0 0.791 151.2 335.5 0.0420 0.345 0.235 142
680 360 4.89 36.6 0.869 145.0 352.1 0.0411 0.319 0.225 172
Vapor properties of Therminol® VP-3 heat transfer fluid by temperaturea
(SI UNITS)
Vapor Vapor Vapor thermal
Temperature Vapor density heat capacity enthalpyb conductivity Vapor viscosityc
°C °F kg/m 3
kJ/(kg·K) kJ/kg W/(m·K) mPa·s cSt
4 40 0.00005 1.08 533.3 0.0084 0.0067 —
10 50 0.00009 1.11 539.4 0.0089 0.0069 —
20 68 0.00020 1.15 550.7 0.0097 0.0071 —
30 86 0.00044 1.20 562.5 0.0105 0.0074 —
40 104 0.00091 1.24 574.7 0.0114 0.0076 —
50 122 0.00179 1.28 587.3 0.0122 0.0079 —
60 140 0.00337 1.32 600.3 0.0130 0.0081 —
70 158 0.00610 1.37 613.8 0.0139 0.0084 1370
80 176 0.0107 1.41 627.7 0.0148 0.0086 809
90 194 0.0180 1.45 642.0 0.0156 0.0089 493
100 212 0.0296 1.49 656.7 0.0165 0.0091 309
110 230 0.0472 1.53 671.8 0.0174 0.0094 199
120 248 0.0734 1.57 687.3 0.0183 0.0096 131
130 266 0.111 1.61 703.2 0.0192 0.0099 88.7
140 284 0.166 1.65 719.5 0.0201 0.0101 61.2
150 302 0.242 1.69 736.2 0.0211 0.0104 43.0
160 320 0.346 1.73 753.3 0.0220 0.0106 30.8
170 338 0.487 1.77 770.7 0.0230 0.0109 22.4
180 356 0.674 1.81 788.5 0.0239 0.0111 16.5
190 374 0.920 1.84 806.7 0.0249 0.0114 12.4
200 392 1.24 1.88 825.2 0.0258 0.0116 9.41
210 410 1.65 1.91 844.0 0.0268 0.0119 7.23
220 428 2.16 1.95 863.2 0.0278 0.0121 5.62
230 446 2.81 1.98 882.6 0.0288 0.0124 4.41
240 464 3.61 2.02 902.4 0.0298 0.0126 3.50
250 482 4.60 2.06 922.4 0.0308 0.0129 2.80
260 500 5.81 2.09 942.7 0.0319 0.0131 2.26
270 518 7.28 2.13 963.2 0.0329 0.0134 1.84
280 536 9.05 2.16 984.0 0.0340 0.0136 1.50
290 554 11.2 2.20 1005 0.0350 0.0139 1.24
300 572 13.7 2.23 1026 0.0361 0.0141 1.03
310 590 16.7 2.26 1047 0.0371 0.0143 0.857
320 608 20.3 2.30 1069 0.0382 0.0146 0.718
330 626 24.5 2.33 1090 0.0393 0.0148 0.604
340 644 29.5 2.36 1112 0.0404 0.0150 0.510
350 662 35.4 2.40 1134 0.0415 0.0153 0.432
360 680 42.3 2.43 1155 0.0426 0.0155 0.367
Maximum recommended bulk temperature 330°C (625°F). These data are based on samples tested in the laboratory and are not guaranteed for all samples. Contact us for complete sales
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specifications for Therminol VP-3 fluid. bEnthalpy basis is liquid at 4.4°C (40°F). c1 cSt = 1 mm2/s and 1 mPa•s = 1 cP
Vapor properties of Therminol® VP-3 heat transfer fluid by temperaturea
(ENGLISH UNITS)
Vapor Vapor Vapor thermal
Temperature Vapor density heat capacity enthalpyb conductivity Vapor viscosityc
°F °C lb/ft
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Btu/(lb·°F) Btu/lb Btu/(ft·h·°F) lb/(ft·h) mPa·s
40 4 0.000003 0.261 229.4 0.0049 0.0163 0.00674
60 16 0.00001 0.270 234.7 0.0054 0.0170 0.00702
80 27 0.00002 0.282 240.3 0.0059 0.0176 0.00729
100 38 0.00005 0.294 246.0 0.0065 0.0183 0.00757
120 49 0.00010 0.306 252.0 0.0070 0.0190 0.00785
140 60 0.00021 0.315 258.3 0.0075 0.0197 0.00813
160 71 0.00041 0.327 264.7 0.0081 0.0203 0.00841
180 82 0.00075 0.339 271.4 0.0086 0.0210 0.00869
200 93 0.00133 0.349 278.3 0.0092 0.0217 0.00897
220 104 0.00228 0.361 285.4 0.0098 0.0224 0.00925
240 116 0.00377 0.373 292.7 0.0104 0.0230 0.00953
260 127 0.00607 0.382 300.2 0.0109 0.0237 0.00981
280 138 0.00949 0.392 308.0 0.0115 0.0244 0.0101
300 149 0.0145 0.404 315.9 0.0121 0.0251 0.0104
320 160 0.0216 0.413 324.1 0.0127 0.0258 0.0106
340 171 0.0315 0.423 332.4 0.0133 0.0264 0.0109
360 182 0.0451 0.435 341.0 0.0139 0.0271 0.0112
380 193 0.0635 0.445 349.7 0.0146 0.0278 0.0115
400 204 0.0879 0.454 358.6 0.0152 0.0284 0.0118
420 216 0.120 0.464 367.7 0.0158 0.0291 0.0120
440 227 0.161 0.473 376.9 0.0165 0.0298 0.0123
460 238 0.213 0.483 386.3 0.0171 0.0304 0.0126
480 249 0.280 0.492 395.9 0.0178 0.0311 0.0129
500 260 0.363 0.500 405.5 0.0184 0.0318 0.0131
520 271 0.466 0.509 415.4 0.0191 0.0324 0.0134
540 282 0.592 0.519 425.3 0.0198 0.0331 0.0137
560 293 0.747 0.528 435.4 0.0204 0.0337 0.0139
580 304 0.935 0.535 445.5 0.0211 0.0343 0.0142
600 316 1.16 0.545 455.7 0.0218 0.0350 0.0145
620 327 1.44 0.554 466.0 0.0225 0.0356 0.0147
640 338 1.77 0.564 476.4 0.0232 0.0363 0.0150
660 349 2.16 0.571 486.7 0.0239 0.0369 0.0152
680 360 2.64 0.581 497.1 0.0247 0.0375 0.0155
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