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Methyl Ethyl Ketone

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

2-Butanone, Ethyl methyl ketone, MEK, Methyl ethyl ketone

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Linear Formula:
C2H5COCH3
CAS Number:
78-93-3
Molecular Weight:
72.11
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
741880
MDL number:
MFCD00011648
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to USP 1430101

vapor density

2.49 (vs air)

vapor pressure

71 mmHg ( 20 °C)

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

960 °F

expl. lim.

10.1 %

packaging

pkg of 20 mL

refractive index

n20/D 1.379 (lit.)

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

−87 °C (lit.)

density

0.805 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

CC(CC)=O

InChI

1S/C4H8O/c1-3-4(2)5/h3H2,1-2H3

InChI key

ZWEHNKRNPOVVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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 LRAB9767 in the Documents slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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GHS02,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system

supp_hazards

EUH066

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

26.6 °F

flash_point_c

-3 °C

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Lot/Batch Number
LRAD1653
LRAB9767

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