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33015-M

Formic acid

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. Ph. Eur., ≥98%

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Linear Formula:
HCOOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
46.03
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-579-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209246
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98%
Form:
liquid
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Quality Level

agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

vapor density

1.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

44.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

grade

ACS reagent, puriss. p.a.

assay

≥98%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1004 °F

expl. lim.

57 %

technique(s)

mass spectrometry (MS): suitable

impurities

≤0.001% ammonium (NH4), ≤0.001% non-volatile matter, ≤0.005% acetic acid (CH3COOH)

refractive index

n20/D 1.370 (lit.)

pH

2.2 (20 °C, 2.2 g/L)

bp

100-101 °C (lit.)

mp

8.2-8.4 °C (lit.)

density

1.22 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤5 mg/kg, oxalate (C2O42-): ≤50 mg/kg, sulfate (SO42-): ≤5 mg/kg, sulfite (SO32-): ≤10 mg/kg

SMILES string

OC=O

cation traces

Ag: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Al: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Ba: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Be: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Bi: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Ca: ≤0.2 mg/kg, Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Cr: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Fe: ≤2 mg/kg, Ge: ≤0.05 mg/kg, K: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Li: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Mg: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Mn: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Mo: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Na: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Ni: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Pb: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Sr: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Ti: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Tl: ≤0.05 mg/kg, V: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Zn: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Zr: ≤0.1 mg/kg

InChI

1S/CH2O2/c2-1-3/h1H,(H,2,3)

InChI key

BDAGIHXWWSANSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Formic acid is a simple organic acid. Formate group (-COOH) plays an important role to compose the complex biomolecules (acetic acid, glycine, various amino acids). It exhibits high polarity and its dipole moment is 1.41Debye. It has been reported as a substiute for fuel in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Its permeation through Nafion 112 and 117 membranes has been compared with that of methanol.

Application

Formic acid has been used to evaluate its first absolute differential elastic electron scattering cross-sections and angular differential cross-sections (incident electron energies in the range of 1.8 and 50eV). It may be used in the preparation of HPLC buffer for mass spectrometric studies.

Legal Information

Nafion is a trademark of The Chemours Company FC, LLC


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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1A

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Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

121.1 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

49.5 °C - closed cup



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