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C4036

Sigma-Aldrich

Cesium chloride

for molecular biology, ≥98%

Synonym(s):

CsCl, cesium monochloride

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Linear Formula:
CsCl
CAS Number:
7647-17-8
Molecular Weight:
168.36
EC Number:
231-600-2
MDL number:
MFCD00010955
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
eCl@ss:
38050206
PubChem Substance ID:
24892572
NACRES:
NA.31

grade

for molecular biology

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥98%

form

powder

mp

645 °C (lit.)

foreign activity

DNase, RNase, protease, none detected

SMILES string

[Cl-].[Cs+]

InChI

1S/ClH.Cs/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

AIYUHDOJVYHVIT-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Application

Cesium chloride has been used in the generation of discontinuous gradient for the purification of Cryptosporidium oocysts and as a component of acetamide medium for fungal selection.
Used for the preparation of electrically conducting glasses.Used to make solutions for the separation of RNA from DNA by density gradient centrifugation.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cesium chloride regimen results in controlling cancer cell growth by targeting alkalinization of the neoplastic cells. It elicits potassium-blocking and is used animal cardiovascular research.

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Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H361f

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 2

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Photocatalytic inactivation of the waterborne protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum using TiO2/H2O2 under simulated and natural solar conditions
Abeledo-Lameiro MJ, et al.
Catalysis Today, 280(9), 132-138 (2017)
Cesium chloride-induced torsades de pointes
Wiens M, et al.
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 25(9), e329-e329 (2009)
Fatal cesium chloride toxicity after alternative cancer treatment
Sessions, et al.
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 19(12), 973-975 (2013)
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus awamori.
Michielse CB, et al.
Nature Protocols, 3(10), 1671-1671 (2008)
Piotr Jurkiewicz et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1818(3), 609-616 (2011-12-14)
Effects of alkali metal chlorides on the properties of mixed negatively charged lipid bilayers are experimentally measured and numerically simulated. Addition of 20mol% of negatively charged phosphatidylserine to zwitterionic phosphatidylcholine strengthens adsorption of monovalent cations revealing their specificity, in the
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