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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
H2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
2.02
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
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vapor density
0.07 (21 °C, vs air)
Quality Level
Assay
≥99.99%
autoignition temp.
1060 °F
expl. lim.
74.2 %
impurities
≤10 ppm oxygen
≤5 ppm water
bp
−252.8 °C (lit.)
mp
−259.2 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
[H]
InChI
1S/H2/h1H
InChI key
UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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General description
Hydrogen(H2) is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, and highly flammable diatomic gas.
Application
H2 can be used:
- To reduce metal oxide to metal.
- In the catalytic hydrogenation of nitro compounds, ketones, and olefinic compounds.
Packaging
Supplied in a carbon steel lecture bottle with a CGA180M/CGA110F needle valve installed.
Compatible with the following:
Compatible with the following:
- Aldrich® lecture-bottle station systems
- Aldrich® lecture-bottle gas regulators
Other Notes
See Technical Information Bulletin AL-151 Gas Regulators: Selection, Installation, and Operation
Legal Information
Aldrich is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC
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Danger
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Flam. Gas 1A - Press. Gas Compr. Gas
Storage Class Code
2A - Gases
WGK
nwg
Flash Point(F)
<-238.0 °F - closed cup
Flash Point(C)
< -150 °C - closed cup
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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Effects of reduction temperature and metal- support interactions on the catalytic activity of Pt/γ-Al2O3 and Pt/TiO2 for the oxidation of CO in the presence and absence of H2
Alexeev OS, et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(49), 23430-23443 (2005)
Kinetics of reduction of iron oxides by H2: Part I: Low temperature reduction of hematite
Pineau A, et al.
Thermochimica Acta, 447(1), 89-100 (2006)
Catalytic reductive transformations of carboxylic and carbonic acid derivatives using molecular hydrogen
Dub, Pavel A and Ikariya, Takao
ACS Catalysis, 2(8), 1718-1741 (2012)
Gold catalysts open a new general chemoselective route to synthesize oximes by hydrogenation of α, β,-unsaturated nitrocompounds with H2
Corma A, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(20), 6358-6359 (2007)
Metal-free catalytic olefin hydrogenation: low-temperature H2 activation by frustrated Lewis pairs
Greb L, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(40), 10164-10168 (2012)
Protocols
Separation of Hydrogen; Oxygen; Nitrogen; Carbon monoxide; Methane; Carbon dioxide; Acetylene; Ethylene; Ethane
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