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PHR1310

Benzene

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6
CAS Number:
71-43-2
Molecular Weight:
78.11
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823296
EC Number:
200-753-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
969212
MDL number:
MFCD00003009
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Quality Segment

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to NIST 3000, traceable to USP 1601146

vapor density

2.77 (vs air)

vapor pressure

166 mmHg ( 37.7 °C), 74.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

1043 °F

expl. lim.

8 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.501 (lit.)

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

5.5 °C (lit.)

density

0.874 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H6/c1-2-4-6-5-3-1/h1-6H

InChI key

UHOVQNZJYSORNB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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..

Application

Benzene may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of benzene residues in pharmaceutical products by various chromatography techniques.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

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

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
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.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC3166 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Carc. 1A - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Muta. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1

target_organs

Blood

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

12.2 °F

flash_point_c

-11 °C

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