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Sodium tetraborate decahydrate

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, buffer substance, ≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

Borax decahydrate, Sodium borate decahydrate

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Linear Formula:
Na2B4O7 · 10H2O
CAS Number:
1303-96-4
Molecular Weight:
381.37
EC Number:
215-540-4
MDL number:
MFCD00149193
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329753772
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

Agency

reag. ISO

Assay

≥99.5%

form

powder or crystals

pH

9.0-9.6 (20 °C, 5%)

density

1.73 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤10 mg/kg
phosphate (PO43-): ≤10 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤50 mg/kg
Cu: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
Pb: ≤5 mg/kg

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.[Na+].[Na+].[O-]B1Ob2ob([O-])ob(O1)o2

InChI

1S/B4O7.2Na.10H2O/c5-1-7-3-9-2(6)10-4(8-1)11-3;;;;;;;;;;;;/h;;;10*1H2/q-2;2*+1;;;;;;;;;;

InChI key

CDMADVZSLOHIFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Sodium tetraborate decahydrate may be used in the following studies:
  • Modified carbazole method for the quantitive determination of hexuronic acids.
  • Quantitative estimation of aminoglycoside antibiotics (dihydrostreptomycin and streptomycin) by capillary electrophoresis coupled with UV detection.
  • To compose the buffer along with cholic acid sodium solution (pH 9.2) for micellar electrokinetic chromatographic (MEKC) quantification of pesticides.

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Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H319,H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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The analysis of aminoglycoside antibiotics by capillary electrophoresis.
Flurer CL.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 13(7), 809-816 (1995)
Ana Juan-García et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1073(1-2), 229-236 (2005-05-25)
Two procedures based on solid-phase extraction (SPE) and stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) in combination with micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC)--diode array detection (DAD) were compared for the simultaneous extraction of acrinathrin, bitertanol, cyproconazole, fludioxonil, flutriafol, myclobutanil, pyriproxyfen, and tebuconazole in lettuce
A partial modification of the carbazole method of Bitter and Muir for quantitation of hexuronic acids.
M Kosakai et al.
Analytical biochemistry, 93(2), 295-298 (1979-03-01)
Crystal structures of sodium sulfate decahydrate (Glauber's salt) and sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax). Redetermination by neutron diffraction.
Levy HA and Lisensky GC.
Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 34(12), 3502-3510 (1978)
C Cencetti et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 90(3), 1362-1370 (2012-09-04)
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