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Dibutyl phthalate

certified reference material, TraceCERT^®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

• Synonym(s): n-Butyl phthalate, DBP, Phthalic acid dibutyl ester
• Linear Formula: C₆H₄-1,2-[CO₂(CH₂)₃CH₃]₂
• CAS Number: 84-74-2
• Molecular Weight: 278.34
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1914064
• EC Number: 201-557-4
• MDL number: MFCD00009441
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• PubChem Substance ID: 329751658
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; TraceCERT^®
• Quality Level: 300
• vapor density: 9.6 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 1 mmHg ( 147 °C)
• autoignition temp.: 756 °F
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• expl. lim.: 0.47 %, 236 °F
• manufacturer/tradename: Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• refractive index: n20/D 1.492 (lit.)

Description

General description

Dibutyl phthalate [DBP] belongs to dialkyl phthalate group. It is a petrochemical which is mostly used as plasticizer or sometimes as a solvent in industries. DBP can be naturally isolated from plants, marine algae, bacteria, and fungi.[1]

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find all available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here

Application

It was used as spiking compound for analyzing the effect of phosphoric acid during hydrolysis of monoester metabolites and also to study the effectiveness of gamma ray irradiation on deactivating the serum enzymes using HPLC-ESI-MS-MS.[2]

Plasticizer

Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS08,GHS09
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H360FD,H410
• pcodes: P202 - P273 - P280 - P308 + P313 - P391 - P405
• Hazard Classifications: Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Repr. 1B
• Storage Class: 6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: 367.7 °F - open cup
• flash_point_c: 186.5 °C - open cup