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Reagent Alcohol

Name: Reagent Alcohol
Brand: SIGMA

95%, Used for histology tissue preparation

Synonym(s):

Ethanol, RGA, denatured alcohol

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CAS Number:

64-17-5

UNSPSC Code:

15101802

PubChem Substance ID:

329824023

NACRES:

NA.47

MDL number:

MFCD00003568

Bp:

78 °C (lit.)

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Properties

vapor density

1.59 (vs air)

Quality Segment

100

form

liquid

expl. lim.

3.1-27.7 % (lit.)

concentration

95%

color

colorless

bp

78 °C (lit.)

mp

-114 °C (lit.)

density

0.786-0.818 g/L

application(s)

hematology
histology

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

OCC

InChI

1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3

InChI key

LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Reagent Alcohol is denatured ethanol. It is widely used in histology and cytology for tissue processing.[1]

Application

Reagent Alcohol has been used for dehydrating tissue samples before embedding in histology.

Other Notes

95 parts of specially denatured ethyl alcohol 3A with 5 parts of isopropyl alcohol. Final concentrations are ~ 85% ethanol, ~ 5% methanol and ~ 5% isopropanol. Contains 5% water.

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This Item	R3154	R8382	676829
Sigma-Aldrich R3404 Reagent Alcohol	Sigma-Aldrich R3154 Reagent Alcohol	Sigma-Aldrich R8382 Reagent Alcohol	Sigma-Aldrich 676829 Reagent Alcohol
application(s) hematology histology	application(s) hematology histology	application(s) hematology histology	application(s) -
Quality Level 100	Quality Level 100	Quality Level 200	Quality Level 100
form liquid	form liquid	form solution	form liquid
density 0.786-0.818 g/L	density 0.7905 g/cm³	density 0.790 g/cm³	density -
bp 78 °C (lit.)	bp 78 °C (lit.)	bp 78 °C (lit.)	bp 78 °C (lit.)
mp -114 °C (lit.)	mp -114 °C (lit.)	mp -114 °C (lit.)	mp −130 °C

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pictograms

GHS02,GHS08,GHS07

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H225,H319,H371

pcodes

P210 - P233 - P240 - P241 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P311

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 2

target_organs

Eyes,Central nervous system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

57.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

14.0 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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