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Boric acid

puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, NF, 99.5-100.5%, powder

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Linear Formula:
H3BO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
61.83
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor pressure

2.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

grade

puriss.

Assay

99.5-100.5%

form

powder

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, NF

impurities

organic substances, complies
residual solvents, complies
≤0.001% heavy metals (as Pb)

loss

≤0.5% loss on drying, 5 h (on silica gel)

pH

3.8-4.8 (20 °C, 3.3%)

mp

160 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: in accordance

density

1.440 g/cm3

anion traces

sulfate (SO42-): ≤400 mg/kg

cation traces

As: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg

suitability

complies for appearance of solution

SMILES string

OB(O)O

InChI

1S/BH3O3/c2-1(3)4/h2-4H

InChI key

KGBXLFKZBHKPEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Health hazard

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

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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Catanzaro EJ.
Boric Acid: Isotopic and Assay Standard Reference Materials, 1-1 (1970)
L Charlet Bhami et al.
Journal of vector borne diseases, 52(2), 147-152 (2015-06-30)
The use of low concentrations of boric acid as a potential and effective control agent for the eggs and immature stages of Aedes aegypti L. and Aedes albopictus Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae) is found to be safe and effective as compared
One-pot synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones using boric acid as catalyst.
Tu S, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 44(32), 6153-6155 (2003)
L Romano et al.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 55(1), 110-114 (2004-12-03)
There is very little information, to date, on the antifungal activity of bergamot oil. In this study, we investigated the in vitro activity of three bergamot oils (natural essence, furocoumarin-free extract and distilled extract) against clinically relevant Candida species. We
Hye Ryeo Lee et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1346, 117-122 (2014-05-09)
In liquid phase microextraction, high enrichment factors can be obtained using an acceptor phase of small volume. By hanging an acceptor drop at the separation capillary tip, single drop microextraction (SDME) can be in-line coupled with capillary electrophoresis (CE). The

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