PHR1114

Stearic Acid

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

• Synonym(s): Stearic acid, 1-Heptadecanecarboxylic acid, C18:0, Cetylacetic acid, NSC 25956, NSC 261168, Octadecanoic acid, Stearophanic acid
• Linear Formula: CH₃(CH₂)₁₆COOH
• CAS Number: 57-11-4
• Molecular Weight: 284.48
• Beilstein: 608585
• EC Number: 200-313-4
• MDL number: MFCD00002752
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• PubChem Substance ID: 329823135
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; pharmaceutical secondary standard
• Quality Level: 300
• Agency: traceable to Ph. Eur. S1340000; traceable to USP 1621008
• vapor pressure: 1 mmHg ( 173.7 °C)
• API family: stearic acid
• CofA: current certificate can be downloaded
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• bp: 361 °C (lit.)
• mp: 67-72 °C (lit.)
• application(s): cleaning products; cosmetics; food and beverages; personal care; pharmaceutical (small molecule)
• format: neat
• storage temp.: 2-30°C
• SMILES string: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)
• InChI key: QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid, which is a long aliphatic chain containing a carboxyl group at one end and a methyl group at the other. Pharmaceutically, it is used as a lubricant in tablet and capsule formulations and as an emulsifying and solubilizing agent in topical formulations.
Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

Stearic acid may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in raw material, food and pharmaceutical formulations by gas chromatography.

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA7125 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: nwg
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable