R3154

Reagent Alcohol

70%, used for histology tissue preparation

• Synonym(e): Ethanol, RGA, denatured alcohol
• CAS-Nummer: 64-17-5
• UNSPSC Code: 15101802
• PubChem Substance ID: 329824021
• NACRES: NA.47
• MDL number: MFCD00003568
• Technique(s): tissue processing: suitable
• Bp: 78 °C (lit.)
• Vapor pressure: 59 hPa ( 20 °C)

Eigenschaften

• biological source: synthetic
• Quality Segment: 100
• vapor density: 1.59 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 59 hPa ( 20 °C)
• form: liquid
• expl. lim.: 3.1-27.7 % (lit.)
• concentration: 70%
• technique(s): tissue processing: suitable
• color: colorless
• bp: 78 °C (lit.)
• mp: -114 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.7905 g/cm³
• application(s): hematology; histology
• SMILES string: OCC
• InChI: 1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3
• InChI key: LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Beschreibung

General description

Reagent Alcohol (70%) is a high-purity alcohol solution specifically formulated for use in histology tissue preparation. This reagent is essential for various laboratory applications, including tissue fixation, dehydration, and processing, ensuring optimal results in histological studies.

Application

Reagent Alcohol (70%) is suitable for use in histology tissue preparation.It has been used in histopathology for the dehydration of formalin-fixed kidney samples, ensuring optimal tissue preservation and preparation prior to paraffin embedding and subsequent histological staining.

Other Notes

95 parts of specially denatured ethyl alcohol 3A with 5 parts of isopropyl alcohol. Final concentrations are ~ 60% ethanol, ~ 5% methanol and ~ 5% isopropanol. Contains ~30% water.

Sicherheitshinweise

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS08,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H319,H371
• pcodes: P210 - P233 - P240 - P241 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P311
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 2
• target_organs: Eyes,Central nervous system
• Lagerklasse: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 55.4 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 13 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter