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Celite® 535

filter aid, flux calcined

Synonym(s):

Diatomaceous earth, flux-calcined

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CAS Number:
68855-54-9
MDL number:
MFCD00132803
UNSPSC Code:
11101527
PubChem Substance ID:
329752264
NACRES:
SB.54

Quality Level

200

form

powder or granules

quality

flux calcined
treated with sodium carbonate

composition

Al2O3, 4.0%
CaO, 0.5%
Fe2O3, 1.3%
Na2O + K2O, 3.3%
SiO2, 89.6%

loss

≤0.2% loss on ignition, 900 °C

particle size

≤94.3 μm (81% (acc. to Cilas))

pH

>8.5 (25 °C, 10% in aq. suspension)

SMILES string

O=[Si]=O

InChI

1S/O2Si/c1-3-2

InChI key

VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Diatomaceous earth is made up of natural amorphous silica formed from the fossilized skeletons of diatoms. It is extracted, crushed, dried and calcined with flux material. DE is widely used as filler in construction materials, paints and as an anti-caking agent for agricultural chemicals. It has high water and oil absorption ability.

Application

Diatomaceous earth may be used as an adsorbent for column chromatography.

Caution

Not Intended for cGMP Parenteral Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Legal Information

Celite is a registered trademark of Imerys Minerals California, Inc.

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Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H372

Precautionary Statements

P260 - P264 - P270 - P314 - P501

Hazard Classifications

STOT RE 1 Inhalation

Target Organs

Lungs

Storage Class Code

6.1D - Non-combustible, acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Activity and adsorption of lipase from Nigella sativa seeds on Celite at different pH values.
Akova A and Ustun G.
Biotechnology Letters, 22(5), 355-359 (2000)
Kido Nwe et al.
Bioconjugate chemistry, 20(7), 1412-1418 (2009-06-27)
In this paper, we report a new method to prepare and characterize a contrast agent based on a fourth-generation (G4) polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer conjugated to the gadolinium complex of the bifunctional diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid derivative (1B4M-DTPA). The method involves preforming
J A Zeevaart
Plant physiology, 47(6), 821-827 (1971-06-01)
The earliest visible responses of spinach plants (Spinacia oleracea L., cv. Savoy Hybrid 612) transferred from short to long days (8 hours of high intensity light supplemented with 16 hours of low intensity illumination from incandescent lamps) were upright leaf
H Checkoway et al.
British journal of industrial medicine, 50(7), 586-597 (1993-07-01)
A cohort mortality study was conducted among workers from two plants in the diatomaceous earth mining and processing industry in California. Diatomaceous earth consists of the skeletal remains of diatoms. Exposure to amorphous (non-crystalline) and crystalline silica in the form
Manipulating surface wettability and oil absorbency of diatomite depending on processing and ambient conditions.
Ozen I, et al.
Applied Surface Science, 332, 22-31 (2015)
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