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Methyl stearate

certified reference material, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

Synonym(s):

Methyl octadecanoate, Stearic acid methyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)16CO2CH3
CAS Number:
112-61-8
Molecular Weight:
298.50
Beilstein:
1786213
EC Number:
203-990-4
MDL number:
MFCD00009005
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329766491
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
TraceCERT®

Quality Level

300

product line

TraceCERT®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

181-182 °C/4 mmHg (lit.)

mp

37-41 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C19H38O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19(20)21-2/h3-18H2,1-2H3

InChI key

HPEUJPJOZXNMSJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Methyl stearate is a major component of biodiesel fuel. It also exists as a major component of soy and rapeseed oil methyl ester fuels, which can also serve as a main source of biodiesel production.
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.

Application

Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

230.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

110.0 °C - closed cup

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCC0551
BCBR8945V
BCBJ9255V
BCBD4830V
BCBD4830

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Detailed chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for biodiesel components methyl stearate and methyl oleate
Naik VC, et al.
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 33(1), 383-389 (2011)
Sonja Klee et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 28(14), 1591-1600 (2014-06-05)
Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) sources operated with point to plane DC discharges ('Coronas') frequently suffer from point electrode degradation and potentially lead to oxidation and/or fragmentation of the generated analyte ions. It is postulated that these adverse effects are
Oier Aizpurua-Olaizola et al.
Journal of food science, 80(1), E101-E107 (2014-12-05)
In this study, supercritical fluid extraction has been successfully applied to a sequential fractionation of fatty acids and polyphenols from wine wastes (2 different vitis vinifera grapes). To this aim, in a 1st step just fatty acids were extracted and
Leila Hejazi et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 29(1), 91-99 (2014-12-03)
Mass spectrometric identification of compounds in chromatography can be obtained from molecular masses from soft ionization mass spectrometry techniques such as field ionization (FI) and fragmentation patterns from hard ionization techniques such as electron ionization (EI). Simultaneous detection by EI

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