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Calcium chloride dihydrate

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Synonym(s):

Calcii chloridum

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CaCl2 · 2H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
147.01
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

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USP/NF
tested according to Ph. Eur.

Quality Level

mp

176 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 147 g/L at 20 °C

SMILES string

O.O.Cl[Ca]Cl

InChI

1S/Ca.2ClH.2H2O/h;2*1H;2*1H2/q+2;;;;/p-2

InChI key

LLSDKQJKOVVTOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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Application

Calcium chloride dihydrate has been used for synthesis of chemical hydrogels based on telechelic Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA). It has also been used for investigating the morphology of polystyrene-based emulsion-templated (PolyHIPE) materials.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Calcium chloride act as precipitants during protein crystallization process. It also enhances the competence of Escherichia coli cells as well as strengthened β-lactoglobulin gels by forming crossbridges.

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

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WGK 1

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Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Gaio Paradossi et al.
Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 14(8), 687-691 (2004-09-07)
In this paper, we present some new case examples where the chemical versatility of poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) can be used for potential biomedical applications. PVA, the polymeric material used for designing new nanostructured devices, is water soluble, biocompatible and
Gelation of beta-Lactoglobulin: Effects of Sodium Chloride and Calcium Chloride on the Rheological and Structural Properties of Gels.
D.M. Mulvihill
Journal of Food Science, 53, 231-236 (1988)
Tailoring the morphology of emulsion-templated porous polymers.
Carnachan, Ross J., et al
Soft Matter, 2, 608-616 (2006)
M Dagert et al.
Gene, 6(1), 23-28 (1979-05-01)
Escherichia coli cells are 4--6 times more transformable and 20--30 times more competent after 24 h incubation in cold calcium chloride than immediately after calcium chloride treatment. With 24-h-old competent cells we obtained routinely 2 . 10(7) transformants per microgram
Matthew S Kimber et al.
Proteins, 51(4), 562-568 (2003-06-05)
Protein crystallization is a major bottleneck in protein X-ray crystallography, the workhorse of most structural proteomics projects. Because the principles that govern protein crystallization are too poorly understood to allow them to be used in a strongly predictive sense, the

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