Hanks’ Balanced Salt Solution 10x
SIGMA/H1641 - Without sodium bicarbonate, 10 ×, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture
Synonym: Hanks’ Balanced Salt solution
Product Type: Chemical
| concentration | 10 × |
| form | liquid |
| impurities | endotoxin, tested |
| Quality Level | 400  |
| sterility | sterile-filtered |
| technique(s) | cell culture | mammalian: suitable |
| Application: | Hanks′ Balanced Salt Solution 10x has been used: • to culture cerebella slices from rats • in Giardia duodenalis isolation • as a component of the dissection media for the storage of corpus callosum slices from mice |
| General description: | Balanced salt solution (BSS) plays an important role in cell culture as they provide a buffering system to maintain the medium within the optimum pH range (7.2-7.6). It also serves as an irrigating, transporting, and diluting agent to maintain the osmotic balance between intra- and extracellular spaces. BSS provides cells with water, inorganic ions, and energy for normal cell metabolism. |
| Preparation Note: | Supplement with 0.35 g/L sodium bicarbonate at 1×. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| UNSPSC | 12352207 |