Additional information
Weight | 250 g |
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product name | Formic acid, ACS |
synonyms | Methanoic acid, |
product origin | 100% made in European Union (according to USP, EUP, ECHA-REACH) |
purity grade | >99.99% (raw virgin matter, ultra-pure, sterilized) |
use | lab. / tech. / bio-research / ACS reagent / synthesis / industrial |
product code | EA0520 |
SMILE string | OC=O |
InChl | 1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3) |
InChl key | BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
C.A.S. number | 64-18-6 |
MDL | MFCD00003297 |
EINECS | 200-579-1 |
formula molecular | CH2O2 |
linear formula | HCOOH |
formula weight | 46.03 |
melting point | 8 °C |
boiling point | 101 °C |
density | 1.220 |
flash point | 50 °C |
pH | 2.1 (10 g/L aq. sol) |
stability | hygroscopic; heat sensitive; decomposes to water and carbon dioxide |
vapor pressure | 44 mbar @ 20 °C |
water solubility | at 20 °C miscible in all proportions, (experimental) |
viscosity | 1.47 mPa.s @ 20 °C |
explosion limits | lower : 10 vol% |
autoignition temp. | 520 °C |
decomposition products | Carbon monoxide (CO); |
anion traces | chloride (Cl-): ≤5 ppm |
cation traces | Ag: ≤0.020 ppm ; Al: ≤0.050 ppm ; Ba: ≤0.050 ppm ; Be: ≤0.020 ppm ; Bi: ≤0.10 ppm ; |
sensitivity & storage | ambient temperature ; |
refractive index | 1.3700 to 1.3720 (20°C, 589 nm) |
assay | >99.99% |
appearance (color) | clear |
form | liquid |
applications | Formic acid is principally used as a preservative antibacterial agent in livestock feed, in dying textiles, tanning leather and electroplating; in the poultry industry, it is sometimes added with feed to kill E. coli bacteria; it acts as a reducing agent for the catalytic reduction of nitrate in water. |
note (1) | material to avoid : |
note (2) | <span style="font-weight:700; color:red;"> this product is for research use only, is not to be used for therapeutic ; not intended for animal or human or diagnostic or therapeutic use , and cannot be sold to patients.</span> |
note (3) | described price of the product is NOT NEGOTIABLE , already around 25% lower than the official price of the International Chemical Stock Exchange / ICIS . <span style="color:red; font-weight:700; font-size:1.5em;">*</span> <span style="font-weight:700;">Possible additional discount for large quantity orders .</span> |
packaging / transport | special for chemical transport (according to IATA / ADR / ECHA-REACH rules / int.l laws) . |
certifications | C.O.A., MSDS, GMP, API, USP, EUP, ECHA-REACH, ORIGIN, etc… (originals will be delivered with good , and copies after confirmed order) |
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