Boric Acid, MP Biomedicals™

Catalog No.	Quantity
02195074-1	100 g

Catalog No. 02195074-1 Supplier MP Biomedicals, Inc Supplier No. 02195074.1

Description

Boric Acid is a buffer, antibacterial, and antifungal.

• Boric Acid is used for weatherproofing wood and fireproofing fabrics.
• It is used as a preservative.
• It is also used in the manufacturing of cements, crockery, porcelain, enamels, glass, borates, leather, carpets, hats, soaps, and artificial gems.
• Boric Acid is used in nickeling baths, cosmetics; printing and dyeing, painting; photography; for impregnating wicks; electric condensers; hardening steel.
• It is also used as insecticide for cockroaches and black carpet beetles.
• In the research labs it is used as an astringent, antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal agent.
• Used in buffers and for calibration of polyacrylamide gel columns for the separation of oligonucleotides by capillary electrophoresis.
• The Vapor Pressure of Boric Acid is 1.6X10-6 mm Hg (25°C) (2.136X10-4 Pa); log P (in Pa) = 26.83 - 9094/T where T is °K

Specifications

• pH: 3.8 to 4.8 (3.3% aq. soln.)
• Melting Point: 340°F
• CAS: 10043-35-3
• Boiling Point: 572°F at 760 mm Hg (Decomposition)
• Density: 1.435 g/mL at 68°F
• Vapor Pressure: 1.6X10-6 mm Hg at 25°C
• Quantity: 100 g
• Physical Form: Powder
• Synonym: Boracic Acid, Orthboric Acid
• Solubility Information: 10 to 50 mg/mL at 66°F
• Molecular Weight (g/mol): 61.831 g/mol

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