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746444

Potassium bromide

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anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri, ACS reagent, ≥99%

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Linear Formula:
KBr
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
119.00
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
231-830-3
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
Grade:
ACS reagent, anhydrous
Form:
powder
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Quality Level

grade

ACS reagent, anhydrous

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C), 1 mmHg ( 795 °C)

product line

Redi-Dri

assay

≥99%

form

powder

quality

free-flowing

greener alternative product characteristics

Catalysis
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impurities

≤0.005% insolubles

pH

5.0-8.8 (25 °C, 5%)

mp

734 °C (lit.)

anion traces

bromate (BrO3-): ≤0.001%, chloride (Cl-): ≤0.2%, iodate (IO3-): ≤0.001%, iodide (I-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.005%

cation traces

Ba: ≤0.002%, Ca: ≤0.002%, Fe: ≤5 ppm, Mg: ≤0.001%, Na: ≤0.02%, heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (by ICP)

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SMILES string

[K+].[Br-]

InChI

1S/BrH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

IOLCXVTUBQKXJR-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

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Application

May be used for removal of peripheral membrane proteins.

Legal Information

Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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WGK 1

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Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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Articles

Redi-Dri™ prevents hygroscopic powders, such as inorganic salts, from absorbing moisture and forming clumps, leaving the salts free-flowing every time.


Hope E Baird-Heinz et al.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 240(6), 705-715 (2012-03-03)
To critically evaluate and summarize available information on the safety of potassium bromide in dogs. Systematic review. 111 references reporting safety information relevant to potassium bromide published between 1938 and 2011. PubMed searches without date limitations were conducted with the
Hitesh Kulhari et al.
Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 11(6), 1511-1520 (2015-05-03)
Docetaxel (DTX) is an anticancer drug that is used alone and in combination with other drugs to treat tumours. However, it suffers from the drawback of non-specific cytotoxicity. To improve the therapeutic potential of DTX, we report the synthesis of
Samy M El-Megharbel et al.
Chemico-biological interactions, 220, 169-180 (2014-07-08)
A new silver-carbocysteine (Ccy-Ag) complex [Ag2(Ccy)2(H2O)2] has been synthesized and characterized by using a combination of FTIR, Raman, molar conductivity, (1)H NMR, electronic spectra, thermal analyses, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The infrared spectrum of Ccy-Ag



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
746444-6X1KG04061832891194
746444-100G04061832891118
746444-1KG04061832891132
746444-500G04061832891163
746444-6X500G04061832564760