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Ethylene oxide solution

certified reference material, 50 mg/mL in methanol

• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂H₄O
• CAS Number: 75-21-8
• Molecular Weight: 44.05
• UNSPSC Code: 12352200
• PubChem Substance ID: 329757418
• MDL number: MFCD00014482
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• Product Name: Ethylene oxide solution, certified reference material, 50 mg/mL in methanol
• InChI: 1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3-1/h1-2H2
• SMILES string: C1CO1
• InChI key: IAYPIBMASNFSPL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• grade: certified reference material; TraceCERT^®
• product line: TraceCERT^®
• CofA: current certificate can be downloaded
• feature: standard type calibration
• packaging: ampule of 1 mL
• concentration: 50 mg/mL in methanol
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable; gas chromatography (GC): suitable
• application(s): agriculture; cleaning products; cosmetics; environmental; food and beverages; personal care
• format: single component solution
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• Quality Level: 300

Description

Application

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

General description

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


Ethylene oxide is a toxic and flammable liquid, which can be obtained via vapor phase oxidation of ethylene. It can be used in the synthesis of ethylene glycol, glycol ethers, surfactants and ethanolamines. It is an industrially important chemical, that can be used as fumigant to sterilize dental and medical equipments.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Legal Information

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

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS06,GHS08,GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H225,H301 + H311 + H331,H314,H340,H350,H360FD,H370,H373
• pcodes: P202 - P210 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Carc. 1B - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Muta. 1B - Repr. 1B - Skin Corr. 1 - STOT RE 2 - STOT SE 1
• target_organs: Eyes,Central nervous system, Nervous system
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: 50.0 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 10 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves