S8045

Sodium hydroxide

BioXtra, ≥98% (acidimetric), pellets (anhydrous)

• Synonym(s): ‘Caustic soda’
• Linear Formula: NaOH
• CAS Number: 1310-73-2
• Molecular Weight: 40.00
• EC Number: 215-185-5
• MDL number: MFCD00003548
• UNSPSC Code: 12352316
• PubChem Substance ID: 329824595
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• vapor density: >1 (vs air)
• Quality Level: 200
• vapor pressure: <18 mmHg ( 20 °C); 3 mmHg ( 37 °C)
• product line: BioXtra
• assay: ≥98% (acidimetric)
• form: pellets (anhydrous)
• technique(s): cell culture | mammalian: suitable
• impurities: ≤0.0005% Phosphorus (P); ≤0.1% Insoluble matter
• mp: 318 °C (lit.)
• solubility: H₂O: 1 M, clear, colorless
• density: 2.13 g/cm³ at 20 °C
• anion traces: chloride (Cl^-): ≤0.005%; sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤0.05%
• cation traces: Al: ≤0.0005%; Ca: ≤0.0005%; Cu: ≤0.0005%; Fe: ≤0.0005%; K: ≤0.02%; Mg: ≤0.0005%; Pb: ≤0.001%; Zn: ≤0.0005%
• SMILES string: [OH-].[Na+]
• InChI: 1S/Na.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1
• InChI key: HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Description

Application

Sodium hydroxide has been used:

• to adjust pH of solutions
• in the process of scraping cells from culture plate
• for the preparation of formaldehyde solution
• for the sanitation of chromatography column

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H290,H314
• pcodes: P234 - P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A
• Storage Class: 8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable