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Naphthalene

analytical standard

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H8
CAS Number:
91-20-3
Molecular Weight:
128.17
Beilstein:
1421310
EC Number:
202-049-5
MDL number:
MFCD00001742
UNSPSC Code:
20121904
PubChem Substance ID:
329769306
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

4.4 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.03 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Assay

≥99.7% (GC)

autoignition temp.

978 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

5.9 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

218 °C (lit.)

mp

79.5-81.0 °C
80-82 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

c1ccc2ccccc2c1

InChI

1S/C10H8/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h1-8H

InChI key

UFWIBTONFRDIAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Naphthalene is widely used as an intermediate in the chemical and plastics industry. It is commonly found in petroleum, coal, mothballs, cigarette smoke, biomass burning, incomplete combustion, etc.

Application

Naphthalene is used as a calibration standard for the real-time quantification with high specificity for naphthalene vapor and other HOVs in industrial environment using NaDos personal exposure monitor (PEM) device.
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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H228,H302,H351,H410

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Flam. Sol. 2

Storage Class Code

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

173.3 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

78.5 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCH0420
BCCF3994
BCCD4410
BCCB3461
BCBZ3690

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Naphthalene DNA adduct formation and tolerance in the lung
Buchholz AB, et al.
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B, 438, 119-123 (2019)
Determination of naphthalene metabolites in human urine by liquid chromatography?mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization
Andreoli R, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 847(1-2), 9-17 (1999)
Qiaozhen Liu et al.
Nature genetics, 51(4), 728-738 (2019-02-20)
Characterizing the stem cells responsible for lung repair and regeneration is important for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Recently, a unique cell population located at the bronchioalveolar-duct junctions has been proposed to comprise endogenous stem cells for lung regeneration. However
P Rajamalli et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 29(5), 1609-1617 (2013-01-10)
Novel poly(aryl ether) dendron-based low-molecular-weight organogelaters (LMWG) containing naphthalene units at the core have been synthesized, and the self-assembly of the system has been examined in a variety of solvents and solvent mixtures. The compounds readily form gels with attractive
Jing-Ru Liou et al.
Phytochemistry, 88, 67-73 (2013-01-29)
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