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Z273554

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Molykote high-vacuum silicone grease

colorless, weight 5.3 oz (tube)

Synonym(s):

High-Vacuum Silicone Grease, Molykote Grease, Vacuum Grease

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
15121900
NACRES:
NB.35

material

colorless

weight

5.3 oz (tube)

General description

Seals and prevents freezing of stopcocks and ground-glass joints in high-vacuum systems at pressures less than 10-6 mm Hg. Heat stable (−40 to 204 °C), low vapor pressure, and chemically resistant. Colorless. 5.3 oz. tube.

Application

Dow Corning® high-vacuum silicone grease has been used:
  • to coat the cloning rings used for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT)-deficient cells selection and isolation
  • to coat the cloning rings used for selecting the transformed cells during BALB/c cell transformation assay
  • to seal a cover glass over a petri dish containing culture for bioluminescence detection

Legal Information

Corning is a registered trademark of Corning, Inc.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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