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Potassium chloride

powder, BioReagent, suitable for cell culture, suitable for insect cell culture, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

KCl

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
KCl
CAS Number:
7447-40-7
Molecular Weight:
74.55
NACRES:
NA.71
PubChem Substance ID:
24898635
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
231-211-8
MDL number:
MFCD00011360
Assay:
≥99.0%
Form:
powder
Solubility:
H2O: 133 mg/mL
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product line

BioReagent

Quality Level

200

assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | insect: suitable, cell culture | mammalian: suitable

mp

770 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 133 mg/mL

density

1.98 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Cl-].[K+]

InChI

1S/ClH.K/h1H;/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

General description

Potassium chloride (KCl) is useful in studies of ion transport and potassium channels. It is known to be used in the crystallization of histone core octamers.

Application

Potassium chloride has been used:
  • in Percoll solution for sperm sample preparation
  • In Blastocyst Cell Number Analysis by Giemsa Staining
  • As a component of noncapacitation medium

May be used for the preparation of phosphate buffered saline, and for the extraction and solubilization of proteins.

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Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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