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RTC000075

Acetaldehyde

Synonym(s):

Acetaldehyde, Ethanal

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Linear Formula:
CH3CHO
CAS Number:
75-07-0
Molecular Weight:
44.05
NACRES:
NA.24
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
505984
MDL number:
MFCD00006991
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1002811

vapor density

1.52 (vs air)

vapor pressure

14.63 psi ( 20 °C)

description

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

API family

acetaldehyde

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

365 °F

expl. lim.

60 %

packaging

pkg of 20 mL

refractive index

n20/D 1.332 (lit.)

bp

21 °C (lit.)

mp

−125 °C (lit.)

density

0.785 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical small molecule

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2H,1H3

InChI key

IKHGUXGNUITLKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB9817 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.
This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 1 - Muta. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

-40.0 °F

flash_point_c

-40 °C

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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