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LUDOX® CL-X colloidal silica

45 wt. % suspension in H2O

Synonym(s):

Silica preparation

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Linear Formula:
SiO2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
60.08
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352309
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

description

colloidal

form

suspension

contains

sodium-stabilizing counterion

concentration

45 wt. % suspension in H2O

surface area

~130 m2/g

impurities

7% ethylene glycol

pH

9.1

density

1.36 g/mL at 25 °C

SMILES string

O=[Si]=O

InChI

1S/O2Si/c1-3-2

InChI key

VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Legal Information

LUDOX is a registered trademark of W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

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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Jacob Beal et al.
Communications biology, 3(1), 512-512 (2020-09-19)
Optical density (OD) is widely used to estimate the density of cells in liquid culture, but cannot be compared between instruments without a standardized calibration protocol and is challenging to relate to actual cell count. We address this with an
David M Brown et al.
Toxicology letters, 224(1), 147-156 (2014-01-28)
We investigated the effects of silica particles and nanoparticles (NPs) (50 nm and 200 nm) with a neutral and positively charged surface when dispersed in saline, bovine serum albumin (BSA) or lung lining fluid (LLF) 24 h post instillation into
Richard Hayes et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1357, 36-52 (2014-05-27)
The challenges in HPLC are fast and efficient separation for a wide range of samples. Fast separation often results in very high operating pressure, which places a huge burden on HPLC instrumentation. In recent years, core-shell silica microspheres (with a
Fabrice Gritti et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1342, 24-29 (2014-04-17)
The advantages of using columns packed with stationary phases having a composition gradient so that retention factors increase toward the outlet and eluting them with an isocratic mobile phase may provide increased peak resolution in liquid chromatography. This approach is
Yaswanth Kuthati et al.
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 13(4), 2399-2430 (2013-06-15)
The advent of Nanotechnology has paved a way for improved disease treatment strategies, the most noteworthy being the mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) which have gained much recent attention in the field of cancer therapy and its diagnosis. The flaws of

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