R3404

Reagent Alcohol

95%, Used for histology tissue preparation

• Synonym(s): Ethanol, RGA, denatured alcohol
• CAS Number: 64-17-5
• MDL number: MFCD00003568
• UNSPSC Code: 15101802
• PubChem Substance ID: 329824023
• NACRES: NA.47
• application(s): hematology; histology
• bp: 78 °C (lit.)

Properties

• vapor density: 1.59 (vs air)
• Quality Level: 100
• form: liquid
• expl. lim.: 3.1-27.7 % (lit.)
• concentration: 95%
• color: colorless
• bp: 78 °C (lit.)
• mp: -114 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.786-0.818 g/L
• application(s): hematology; histology
• storage temp.: room temp
• SMILES string: OCC
• InChI: 1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3
• InChI key: LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Reagent Alcohol is denatured ethanol. It is widely used in histology and cytology for tissue processing.

Application

Reagent Alcohol has been used for dehydrating tissue samples before embedding in histology.

Components

95 parts of specially denatured ethyl alcohol 3A with 5 parts of isopropyl alcohol. Final concentrations are ~ 85% ethanol, ~ 5% methanol and ~ 5% isopropanol. Contains 5% water.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS08,GHS07
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H319,H371
• pcodes: P210 - P233 - P240 - P241 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P311
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 2
• target_organs: Eyes,Central nervous system
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 57.2 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 14.0 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter