Ethylene oxide solution
SUPELCO/48838 - certified reference material, 50 mg/mL in methanol
CAS Number: 75-21-8
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C2H4O
Molecular Weight: 44.05
MDL Number: MFCD00014482
Linear Formula: C2H4O
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | agriculture cleaning products cosmetics environmental food and beverages personal care |
| CofA | current certificate can be downloaded |
| concentration | 50 mg/mL in methanol |
| feature | standard type calibration |
| format | single component solution |
| grade | TraceCERT® |
| certified reference material | |
| InChI | 1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3-1/h1-2H2 |
| InChI key | IAYPIBMASNFSPL-UHFFFAOYSA |
| packaging | ampule of 1 mL |
| product line | TraceCERT® |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| SMILES string | C1CO1 |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| technique(s) | gas chromatography (GC): suitable |
| HPLC: suitable |
| Application: | Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support. |
| General description: | This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find a list of available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here Ethylene oxide is a toxic and flammable liquid, which can be obtained via vapor phase oxidation of ethylene. It can be used in the synthesis of ethylene glycol, glycol ethers, surfactants and ethanolamines. It is an industrially important chemical, that can be used as fumigant to sterilize dental and medical equipments. |
| Legal Information: | TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany |
| 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. |
| Symbol |     GHS02,GHS05,GHS06,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H225 - H301 + H311 + H331 - H314 - H340 - H350 - H360FD - H370 - H373 |
| Precautionary statements | P201 - P210 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | F,T |
| Risk Statements | 45-46-11-23/24/25-39/23/24/25 |
| Safety Statements | 53-16-36/37-45 |
| RIDADR | UN1230 - class 3 - PG 2 - Methanol, solution |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | 50.0 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 10 °C - closed cup |
| Storage Temp. | 2-8°C |
| UNSPSC | 12000000 |