Acrylamide
SIAL/01696 - for Northern and Southern blotting, powder blend
Synonym: 2-Propenamide; Polyacrylamide; acrylic amide; akrylamid; 2-Propenamide; Acrylic acid amide
CAS Number: 79-06-1
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C3H5NO
Molecular Weight: 71.08
EC Number: 201-173-7
MDL Number: MFCD00008032
Linear Formula: CH2=CHCONH2
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥99.5% (GC) |
| bp | 125 °C/25 mmHg (lit.) |
| form | powder blend |
| grade | for molecular biology |
| impurities | DNases, none detected |
| phosphatases, none detected | |
| proteases, none detected | |
| RNases, none detected | |
| InChI | 1S/C3H5NO/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H, |
| InChI key | HRPVXLWXLXDGHG-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 82-86 °C (lit.) |
| product line | BioReagent |
| Quality Level | 200  |
| SMILES string | NC(=O)C=C |
| solubility | H2O: 0.25 g/mL at 20 °C, clear, colorless |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| technique(s) | electrophoresis: suitable |
| vapor density | 2.45 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 0.03 mmHg ( 40 °C) |
| Application: | Suitable for making polyacrylamide gels according to established recipes. |
| Caution: | Acrylamide powder is highly toxic through inhalation and skin contact. Acrylamide is considered to be a probable carciongen in humans. Standard laboratory nitrile gloves and full sleeve lab coats should be worn when handling acrylamide in any form. Dust masks or working in a fume hood is advised when handling acrylamide powder. |
| General description: | Acrylamide powder is a white, odorless, crystalline solid. It is commonly used in molecular biology labs as a cross linking agent to cast polyacrylamide gels for nucleic acid electrophoresis. |
| Symbol |   GHS06,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H301 - H312 + H332 - H315 - H317 - H319 - H340 - H350 - H361f - H372 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P280 - P301 + P310 + P330 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P304 + P340 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | T |
| Risk Statements | 45-46-20/21-25-36/38-43-48/23/24/25-62 |
| Safety Statements | 53-45 |
| RIDADR | UN 2074 6.1 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | 280.4 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 138 °C - closed cup |
| Purity | ≥99.5% (GC) |
| bp | 125 °C/25 mmHg (lit.) |
| mp | 82-86 °C (lit.) |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12352111 |