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Pentane

analytical standard

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3CH3
CAS Number:
109-66-0
Molecular Weight:
72.15
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329767395
EC Number:
203-692-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
969132
MDL number:
MFCD00009498
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

2.48 (vs air)

assay

≥99.5% (GC)

autoignition temp.

500 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

~8.3 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.358

bp

35-36 °C (lit.)

mp

−130 °C (lit.)

density

0.626 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

petroleum

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCC

InChI

1S/C5H12/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-5H2,1-2H3

InChI key

OFBQJSOFQDEBGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Pentane may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in human breath and ambient air samples using gas chromatography technique.
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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 2 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system

supp_hazards

EUH066

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

-40.0 °F

flash_point_c

-40 °C

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

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A simple method for the trace determination of methanol, ethanol, acetone and pentane in human breath and in the ambient air by preconcentration on solid sorbents followed by gas chromatography
Qin T, et al.
Talanta, 44(9), 1683-1690 (1997)
Fuming Chen et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 27(15), 9174-9181 (2011-07-01)
Graphene oxide (GO) can be viewed as an amphiphilic soft material, which form thin films at organic solvent-water interfaces. However, organic solvent evaporation provides little driving force, which results in slow GO transfer in aqueous phase, thus dawdling GO film
Dongsheng Guo et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 186(2-3), 1788-1793 (2011-01-18)
The solvents n-pentane, methylene dichloride, ethyl ether and dodecylbenzenesulphonic acid sodium were used to regenerate exhausted activated carbon used in the process of treating coking wastewater, and the efficiency, ability, and optimum conditions of the different solvents on this regeneration
Michael Polet et al.
Biomedical chromatography : BMC, 27(2), 259-266 (2012-07-21)
The administration of anabolic steroids is one of the most important issues in doping control and is detectable through a change in the carbon isotopic composition of testosterone and/or its metabolites. Gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS), however, remains a
Anna Svensson et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 92(1), 775-783 (2012-12-12)
Dry ultra-porous cellulose fibres were obtained using a liquid exchange procedure in which water was replaced in the following order: water, methanol, acetone, and finally pentane; thereafter, the fibres were dried with Ar(g). The dry samples (of TEMPO-oxidized dissolving pulp)
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
76870-10ML04061832924748
76870-50ML04061837612879

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