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Sigma-Aldrich

Potassium dichromate

99.98% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Potassium bichromate

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Linear Formula:
K2Cr2O7
CAS Number:
7778-50-9
Molecular Weight:
294.18
EC Number:
231-906-6
MDL number:
MFCD00011367
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24871862
NACRES:
NA.23

Quality Level

100

Assay

99.98% trace metals basis

form

crystalline

reaction suitability

reagent type: oxidant

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

≤150.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

398 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[K+].[K+].[O-][Cr](=O)(=O)O[Cr]([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/2Cr.2K.7O/q;;2*+1;;;;;;2*-1

InChI key

KMUONIBRACKNSN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Potassium dichromate can be used as an oxidizing agent for the synthesis of polymers such as poly-O-phenylenediamine and polyanilines via oxidative polymerization.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 1B - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 1B - Ox. Sol. 2 - Repr. 1B - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT RE 1 Inhalation - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Cardio-vascular system, Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

5.1B - Oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Synthesis and characterization of fluorine-substituted polyanilines
A Cihaner and A.M Onal
European Polymer Journal, 37, 1767-1772 (2001)
Chemical polymerization kinetics of poly-o-phenylenediamine and characterization of the obtained polymer in aqueous hydrochloric acid solution using K2Cr2O7 as oxidizing agent
SM Sayyah, et al.
International Journal of Polymer Science, 2014 (2014)
Fu-Jun Liu et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 110(2), 307-318 (2009-06-03)
Werner syndrome is a premature aging disorder characterized by cancer predisposition that is caused by loss of the Werner syndrome protein (WRN) helicase/exonuclease DNA repair protein. Hexavalent chromium is an environmental carcinogen and genotoxicant that is associated with respiratory cancers
Athanasia G Tekerlekopoulou et al.
Water research, 47(2), 623-636 (2012-11-28)
The kinetics of hexavalent chromium bio-reduction in draw-fill suspended and attached growth reactors was examined using sugar as substrate and indigenous microorganisms from the industrial sludge of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry. Initially, experiments in suspended growth batch reactors for Cr
B Duarte et al.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 83, 1-7 (2012-07-13)
The in situ reduction of Cr (VI) to its less toxic form Cr (III) may be a useful detoxification mechanism for phytoremediation. Using a hydroponics mesocosmos approach, we evaluated the ability of Halimione portulacoides to reduce and uptake Cr (VI)
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