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Urea

ACS reagent grade, ≥99%, solid, puriss. p.a., reag. Ph. Eur.

Synonym(s):

Carbamide, Carbonyldiamide

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Linear Formula:
NH2CONH2
CAS Number:
57-13-6
Molecular Weight:
60.06
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57648752
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
200-315-5
MDL number:
MFCD00008022
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
635724

Product Name

Urea, puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. Ph. Eur., ≥99%

InChI key

XSQUKJJJFZCRTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/CH4N2O/c2-1(3)4/h(H4,2,3,4)

SMILES string

NC(N)=O

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

assay

≥99%
99-101% (calc. on dry substance)

form

solid

impurities

alkalic reac. substances, complies
≤0.0005% heavy metals (as Pb)
≤0.05% ammonium (NH4)
≤0.1% biuret

ign. residue

≤0.01% (as SO4)

loss

≤1.0% loss on drying, 105°C, 1 h

mp

132-135 °C (lit.)
132-135 °C

solubility

H2O: soluble 480 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.335 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤5 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤10 mg/kg

cation traces

Fe: ≤2 mg/kg

suitability

in accordance for appearance of solution
in accordance for identity

functional group

amine

Quality Level

200

Gene Information

human ... CA1(759), CA2(760)
rat ... Ppm1a(24666)

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Application

Urea has been used in the following studies:
  • Synthesis of SnO2 nanoparticles.
  • Synthesis of urethanes, ureides and semicarbazides.
  • Denaturation of protein isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y15696 strain.
  • Protein electrophoretic studies.
Used for the denaturation of proteins and as a mild solubilization agent for insoluble or denatured proteins. Useful for renaturing proteins from samples already denatured with 6 M guanidine chloride such as inclusion bodies. May be used with guanidine hydrochloride and dithiothreitrol (DTT) in the refolding of denatured proteins into their native or active form.

General description

Urea is a colorless, odorless solid. It has prism-like crystals. It forms insoluble nitrate salts with nitric acid and oxalate salts with oxalic acid. On reaction with alkanes or substituted alkanes, it affords crystal-lattice inclusion compounds.
Urea is the most commonly used slow release nitrogen fertilizer.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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