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06203-M

Sodium hydroxide

puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, NF, E524, ≥98.0%, pellets

Synonym(s):

Caustic soda

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
NaOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
40.00
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
215-185-5
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98.0%
Form:
pellets
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vapor density

>1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<18 mmHg ( 20 °C), 3 mmHg ( 37 °C)

grade

puriss.

assay

≥98.0%

form

pellets

quality

meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, NF, E524

impurities

residual solvents, complies, ≤0.0005% total nitrogen (N), ≤0.5% Na2CO3, ≤20 ppm heavy metals (as Pb)

mp

318 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 1260 g/L at 20 °C

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤20 ppm, phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%, silicate (as SiO2): ≤0.01%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤30 ppm

cation traces

Pb: ≤0.5 ppm, Al: ≤0.001%, As: ≤2 ppm, Ca: ≤0.001%, Fe: ≤10 ppm, Hg: ≤1 ppm, K: ≤0.1%

suitability

complies for appearance of solution

SMILES string

[OH-].[Na+]

InChI

1S/Na.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Other Notes

Important notice
This product will be phased out towards early 2019. There is a replacement product available : 06203


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pictograms

Corrosion

signalword

Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Silvio Carrettin et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (7)(7), 696-697 (2002-07-18)
Glycerol is oxidised to glyceric acid with 100% selectivity using either 1% Au/charcoal or 1% Au/graphite catalyst under mild reaction conditions (60 degrees C, 3 h, water as solvent).
Determination of specific surface area of colloidal silica by titration with sodium hydroxide.
Sears Jr GW.
Analytical Chemistry, 28(12), 1981-1983 (1956)
Chemoselective, solvent-free aldol condensation reaction.
Raston CL and Scott JL.
Green Chemistry, 2(2), 49-52 (2000)