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Specification Sheet

Product Name
Linoleic acid

Product Number
39269

Product Brand
sial

CAS Number
60-33-3

Molecular Weight
280.45

Test

Specification

APPEARANCE (COLOR)Colorless to Light Yellow and Colorless to Light Green-Yellow
APPEARANCE (FORM)Liquid
PURITY (GC AREA %)≥ 98.0 %
REFRACTIVE INDEX N20/D1.469 - 1.471
SOLUBILITY (COLOR)Colorless to Faint Yellow and Colorless to Faint Green-Yellow
SOLUBILITY (TURBIDITY)Clear
SOLUBILITY (METHOD)10 % v/v in Acetonitrile
PROTON NMR SPECTRUMConforms to Reference Spectrum
HEAVY METALS≤ 20 mg/kg
MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION≤ 1000 CFU/g
ACID VALUE190 - 205 mg KOH/g
PEROXIDE VALUE≤ 100 mEq O/kg
RESIDUAL SOLVENTS (GLC-HS)conforms to ICH Q3
CELL CULTURE TESTPASS
RECOMMENDED RETEST PERIOD48 MONTHS