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S5881

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Sodium hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide

reagent grade, ≥98%, pellets (anhydrous)

Synonym(s):

‘Caustic soda’

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Linear Formula:
NaOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
40.00
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

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grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

Agency

suitable for EPA 1621
suitable for SM 4500 - NH3

vapor density

>1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<18 mmHg ( 20 °C)
3 mmHg ( 37 °C)

Assay

≥98%

form

pellets (anhydrous)

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

impurities

≤1.0% sodium carbonate

mp

318 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 1260 g/L at 20 °C

density

2.13 g/cm3 at 20 °C

application(s)

PFAS testing

SMILES string

[OH-].[Na+]

InChI

1S/Na.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

HEMHJVSKTPXQMS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Application

  • Sodium hydroxide has been used in the staining procedure of cells.[1]
  • It has been used in the procedure of decellularizing human amniotic membrane for cell culture.[2]
  • It has been used for chemical inactivation of fluorophores in immunostained cells.[3]

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

8B - Non-combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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JAN Code

S5881-6X1KG:
S5881-500G:4548173211077
S5881-BULK:
S5881-VAR:
S5881-1KG:4548173211060
2550010:
S5881-EW:
S5881-5KG:4548173211084
S5881-1KG-C:
S5881-500G-C:
S5881-5SA:4548173211091
S5881-5KG-C:
S5881-H:
S5881-5SK:


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BDNF Pretreatment of Human Embryonic-Derived Neural Stem Cells Improves Cell Survival and Functional Recovery After Transplantation in Hypoxic-Ischemic Stroke.
Rosenblum S et al.
Cell Transplantation, 24, 2449-2449 (2015)
A simple alkaline method for decellularizing human amniotic membrane for cell culture.
Saghizadeh M et al.
PLoS ONE, 8, e79632-e79632 (2013)
Jia-Ren Lin et al.
Nature communications, 6, 8390-8390 (2015-09-25)
Single-cell analysis reveals aspects of cellular physiology not evident from population-based studies, particularly in the case of highly multiplexed methods such as mass cytometry (CyTOF) able to correlate the levels of multiple signalling, differentiation and cell fate markers. Immunofluorescence (IF)
Horacio Cardenas et al.
Epigenetics, 9(11), 1461-1472 (2014-12-04)
A key step in the process of metastasis is the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We hypothesized that epigenetic mechanisms play a key role in EMT and to test this hypothesis we analyzed global and gene-specific changes in DNA methylation during TGF-β-induced
Valdeir Arantes et al.
Biotechnology for biofuels, 7, 87-87 (2014-07-01)
There is still considerable debate regarding the actual mechanism by which a "cellulase mixture" deconstructs cellulosic materials, with accessibility to the substrate at the microscopic level being one of the major restrictions that limits fast, complete cellulose hydrolysis. In the

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  1. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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    Very Good Reagent. It's convinced me to adjust pH of solutions and easier to store in ambient temperature.

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