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G8284

Glycolic acid

BioXtra, ≥98.0% (titration)

Synonym(s):

Hydroxyacetic acid

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
HOCH2COOH
CAS Number:
79-14-1
Molecular Weight:
76.05
UNSPSC Code:
12161700
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
24895337
EC Number:
201-180-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209322
MDL number:
MFCD00004312
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Quality Segment

200

product line

BioXtra

assay

≥98.0% (titration)

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤0.0005% Phosphorus (P), ≤0.1% Insoluble matter

ign. residue

≤0.1%

pH

2 (25 °C, 50 g/L)

mp

75-80 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 1 M, clear, colorless

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.05%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.05%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.0005%, Ca: ≤0.0005%, Cu: ≤0.0005%, Fe: ≤0.0005%, K: ≤0.005%, Mg: ≤0.0005%, NH4+: ≤0.05%, Na: ≤0.005%, Pb: ≤0.001%, Zn: ≤0.0005%

SMILES string

OCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h3H,1H2,(H,4,5)

InChI key

AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark
GHS05,GHS07

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H314,H332

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

>572.0 °F - (decomposition)

flash_point_c

> 300 °C - (decomposition)

ppe

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