Petroleum ether
SIGALD/32247 - puriss. p.a., reag. Ph. Eur., high boiling, bp 50-70 °C
Synonym: Petroleum benzin
CAS Number: 101316-46-5
MDL Number: MFCD00081849
Product Type: Chemical
| agency | reag. Ph. Eur. |
| USP/NF | |
| bp | 50-70 °C |
| cation traces | Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg |
| B: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg | |
| Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg | |
| Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg | |
| Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Fe: ≤0.1 mg/kg | |
| Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg | |
| Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Pb: ≤0.02 mg/kg | |
| Sn: ≤0.1 mg/kg | |
| Zn: ≤0.1 mg/kg | |
| density | 0.661-0.664 g/mL at 20 °C |
| form | liquid |
| grade | puriss. p.a. |
| impurities | ≤0.001% non-volatile matter |
| ≤0.002% free acid (as CH3COOH) | |
| ≤0.005% S-compounds (as S) | |
| ≤0.01% benzene (GC) | |
| ≤0.01% water (Karl Fischer) | |
| iodine value | ≤0.3 |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| refractive index | n |
| vapor density | 2.5 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 25.8 psi |
| Application: | Petroleum ether may be employed in the extraction of biologically active carotenoid pigments from total carotenoid pigments by adsorption. It may be employed in solvent reservoir during the separation of lipid mixtures by adsorption chromatography with silicic acid. |
| General description: | hexane and low boiling point hydrogen treated naphtha |
| Other Notes: | Pertains only in Germany: unversteuert |
| Symbol |     GHS02,GHS07,GHS08,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H225 - H304 - H315 - H336 - H361f - H373 - H411 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P210 - P273 - P301 + P310 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P331 |
| Hazard Codes | F,Xn,N |
| Risk Statements | 11-38-48/20-51/53-62-65-67 |
| Safety Statements | 16-36/37-61-62 |
| RIDADR | UN1268 - class 3 - PG 2 - VP > 110kPa - Petroleum distillates, n |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | -14.8 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | -26 °C - closed cup |
| bp | 50-70 °C |
| Density | 0.661-0.664 g/mL at 20 °C |
| Refractive Index | n |
| UNSPSC | 12191502 |