RTC000075

Acetaldehyde

• Synonym(s): Acetaldehyde, Ethanal
• Linear Formula: CH₃CHO
• CAS Number: 75-07-0
• Molecular Weight: 44.05
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 505984
• MDL number: MFCD00006991
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107
• NACRES: NA.24

Properties

• grade: certified reference material; pharmaceutical secondary standard
• Quality Level: 300
• agency: traceable to USP 1002811
• vapor density: 1.52 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 14.63 psi ( 20 °C)
• description: Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material
• API family: acetaldehyde
• CofA: current certificate can be downloaded
• autoignition temp.: 365 °F
• expl. lim.: 60 %
• packaging: pkg of 20 mL
• refractive index: n20/D 1.332 (lit.)
• bp: 21 °C (lit.)
• mp: −125 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.785 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: CC=O
• InChI: 1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2H,1H3
• InChI key: IKHGUXGNUITLKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAB9817 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS07,GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H224 - H319 - H335 - H341 - H350
• pcodes: P202 - P210 - P233 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P313 - P403 + P233
• Hazard Classifications: Carc. 1B - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 1 - Muta. 2 - STOT SE 3
• target_organs: Respiratory system
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: -40.0 °F
• flash_point_c: -40 °C