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Potassium acetate

BioUltra, Molecular Biology, ≥99.0% (NT)

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Linear Formula:
CH3COOK
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
98.14
UNSPSC Code:
12161700
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
204-822-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3595449
MDL number:
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grade

Molecular Biology

Quality Level

product line

BioUltra

assay

≥99.0% (NT)

form

powder or crystals

impurities

DNases, none detected, RNases, none detected, insoluble matter, passes filter test, phosphatases, none detected, proteases, none detected

pH

7.0-9.0 (25 °C, 1 M in H2O)

solubility

H2O: 1 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless

density

1.57 g/cm3 at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤50 mg/kg, sulfate (SO42-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

Al: ≤5 mg/kg, As: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Ba: ≤5 mg/kg, Bi: ≤5 mg/kg, Ca: ≤50 mg/kg, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Co: ≤5 mg/kg, Cr: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤5 mg/kg, Li: ≤5 mg/kg, Mg: ≤10 mg/kg, Mn: ≤5 mg/kg, Mo: ≤5 mg/kg, Na: ≤5000 mg/kg, Ni: ≤5 mg/kg, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Sr: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

λ

1 M in H2O

UV absorption

λ: 260 nm Amax: ≤0.040, λ: 280 nm Amax: ≤0.020

SMILES string

[K+].CC([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O2.K/c1-2(3)4;/h1H3,(H,3,4);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

SCVFZCLFOSHCOH-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Application

Potassium acetate is used in molecular biology to precipitate sodium dodecyl sulfate and SDS-bound proteins that result from SDS extraction protocols. Potassium acetate facilitates the purification of DNA when using SDS protocols and ethanol DNA precipitation protocols.


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Storage Class

13 - Non 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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SKUGTIN
60035-250G04061832655734
60035-1KG04061832649542
60035-50G04061832655741