M3516
Mineral oil
light oil, suitable for PCR, suitable for preparation of Nujol mulls for infrared spectroscopy
Synonym(s):
White mineral oil (petroleum)
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Technique(s):
PCR: suitable
Product Name
Mineral oil, suitable for preparation of Nujol mulls for infrared spectroscopy, light oil
form
light oil
Quality Segment
technique(s)
PCR: suitable
refractive index
n20/D 1.467 (lit.)
density
0.84 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
suitability
suitable for preparation of Nujol mulls for infrared spectroscopy
InChI key
AEOVEGJBKQQFOP-DDVLFWKVSA-L
General description
Mineral oils are complex mixtures of straight and branched chain paraffinic, naphthenic and aromatic hydrocarbons refined from petroleum crude oils. Mineral oil with a carbon number of 15 to 25 is categorized as light oil and 25 to 50 as heavy oil. Mineral oil is commonly used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries especially in skin care products. Mineral oil is used as overlaying agent in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and electrophoretic techniques to avoid evaporation.
Application
Mineral oil has been used:
- to overlay the samples to avoid evaporation in denaturing gel PCR reaction mix
- in emulsion preparation for emulsion PCR
Packaging
6 mL size is supplied in plastic dropper bottle.
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Storage Class
10 - Combustible liquids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
No data available
flash_point_c
No data available
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves
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