He wai kala ʻole ka waikawa ʻakika me kahi ʻala ikaika a ʻawaʻawa. He 16.6°C kona kiko heheʻe, 117.9°C kona kiko paila, a he 1.0492 (20/4°C ka nui o ka paʻa), e ʻoi aku ka paʻa ma mua o ka wai. ʻO kona helu kuhikuhi refractive he 1.3716. Hoʻopaʻa ka waikawa ʻakika maʻemaʻe i loko o kahi mea paʻa e like me ka hau ma lalo o 16.6°C, ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa pinepine ʻia ai he waikawa ʻakika glacial. He mea hoʻoheheʻe loa ia i ka wai, ka ethanol, ka ether, a me ke kalapona tetrachloride.

Kūʻai ʻia aku ka waikawa ʻakika i nā ʻāina he nui, loaʻa ka ʻikepili, a hiki ke loaʻa nā kumukūʻai hoʻēmi ma ke kaomi ʻana ma aneʻi.