33015

Formic acid

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. Ph. Eur., ≥98%

• Linear Formula: HCOOH
• CAS Number: 64-18-6
• Molecular Weight: 46.03
• Beilstein: 1209246
• EC Number: 200-579-1
• MDL number: MFCD00003297
• PubChem Substance ID: 329754437
• NACRES: NA.21

Properties

• grade: ACS reagent; puriss. p.a.
• Agency: reag. Ph. Eur.
• vapor density: 1.6 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 44.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)
• Assay: ≥98%
• form: liquid
• autoignition temp.: 1004 °F
• expl. lim.: 57 %
• technique(s): mass spectrometry (MS): suitable
• impurities: ≤0.001% ammonium (NH₄); ≤0.001% non-volatile matter; ≤0.005% acetic acid (CH₃COOH)
• refractive index: n20/D 1.370 (lit.)
• pH: 2.2 (20 °C, 2.2 g/L)
• bp: 100-101 °C (lit.)
• mp: 8.2-8.4 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.22 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• anion traces: chloride (Cl^-): ≤5 mg/kg; oxalate (C₂O₄^2-): ≤50 mg/kg; sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤5 mg/kg; sulfite (SO₃^2-): ≤10 mg/kg
• cation traces: Ag: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Al: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Ba: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Be: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Bi: ≤0.1 mg/kg; Ca: ≤0.2 mg/kg; Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Cr: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Fe: ≤2 mg/kg; Ge: ≤0.05 mg/kg; K: ≤0.1 mg/kg; Li: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Mg: ≤0.5 mg/kg; Mn: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Mo: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Na: ≤0.5 mg/kg; Ni: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Pb: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Sr: ≤0.02 mg/kg; Ti: ≤0.1 mg/kg; Tl: ≤0.05 mg/kg; V: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Zn: ≤0.05 mg/kg; Zr: ≤0.1 mg/kg
• SMILES string: OC=O
• InChI: 1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3)
• InChI key: BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Formic acid is a simple organic acid. Formate group (-COOH) plays an important role to compose the complex biomolecules (acetic acid, glycine, various amino acids). It exhibits high polarity and its dipole moment is 1.41Debye. It has been reported as a substiute for fuel in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Its permeation through Nafion^™ 112 and 117 membranes has been compared with that of methanol.

Application

Formic acid has been used to evaluate its first absolute differential elastic electron scattering cross-sections and angular differential cross-sections (incident electron energies in the range of 1.8 and 50eV). It may be used in the preparation of HPLC buffer for mass spectrometric studies.

Other Notes

The article number 33015-4X2.5L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 33015-2.5L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
The article number 33015-4X2.5L-M will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 33015-2.5L-M which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
The article number 33015-6X1L-M will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 33015-1L-M which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.

Legal Information

Nafion is a trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC

Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS02,GHS05,GHS06
• Signal Word: Danger
• Hazard Statements: H226 - H302 - H314 - H331
• Precautionary Statements: P210 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1A
• Supplementary Hazards: EUH071
• Storage Class Code: 3 - Flammable liquids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): 121.1 °F - closed cup
• Flash Point(C): 49.5 °C - closed cup