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P1504

TWEEN® 40

viscous liquid

Synonym(s):

Polyoxyethylenesorbitan monopalmitate

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CAS Number:
9005-66-7
UNSPSC Code:
12161900
NACRES:
NA.25
MDL number:
MFCD00165345
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description

non-ionic

Quality Segment

200

assay

~90.0% (GC)

form

viscous liquid

mol wt

estimated mol wt 1277

composition

Palmitic acid, ~90% (balance primarily stearic acid)

technique(s)

DNA extraction: suitable, RNA extraction: suitable, cell culture | mammalian: suitable, protein purification: suitable

CMC

0.027 (20-25°C)

HLB

15.6

SMILES string

O1C(C(C(C1)OCCO)OCCO)C(OCCO)COCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCC

InChI

1S/C26H50O10/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-24(30)34-19-18-31-20-22(32-15-12-27)26-25(35-17-14-29)23(21-36-26)33-16-13-28/h22-23,25-29H,2-21H2,1H3

InChI key

HMFKFHLTUCJZJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Polyoxyethylenesorbitan monopalmitate, or TWEEN 40, is a non-ionic detergent.

Application

Polyoxyethylenesorbitan monopalmitate, or TWEEN 40, has been used in a study to assess the determination of iodide in urine based on a chemiluminescence system. It has also been used in a study to investigate the delivery of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin to HepG2 cells.
Non-ionic detergent used for cell lysis, nuclei isolation and cell fractionation.

Legal Information

TWEEN is a registered trademark of Croda International PLC

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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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