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PHR2730

Butyraldehyde

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

Synonym(s):

Butyraldehyde, Butanal

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2CH2CHO
CAS Number:
123-72-8
Molecular Weight:
72.11
NACRES:
NA.24
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
506061
MDL number:
MFCD00007023
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Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1084259

vapor density

2.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

90 mmHg ( 20 °C)

API family

butyraldehyde

form

liquid

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

390 °F

expl. lim.

12.5 %

packaging

pkg of 1.2 mL

refractive index

n20/D 1.380 (lit.)

bp

75 °C (lit.)

mp

−96 °C (lit.)

density

0.8 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

[H]C(=O)CCC

InChI

1S/C4H8O/c1-2-3-4-5/h4H,2-3H2,1H3

InChI key

ZTQSAGDEMFDKMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP primary standards, where they are available.

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.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC6240 in the documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H225,H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

flash_point_f

12.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-11 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
PHR2730-1.2ML04065265029858
PHR2730-5X1.2ML04065266885958