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Potassium chloride

for molecular biology, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

KCl

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
KCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
74.55
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.31

grade

for molecular biology

Quality Level

Assay

≥99.0%

form

powder

mp

770 °C (lit.)

density

1.98 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Fe: ≤3 ppm
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤5 ppm

foreign activity

DNAse (exonuclease), NICKase (endonuclease), RNAse, and protease, none detected

SMILES string

[Cl-].[K+]

InChI

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

InChI key

WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

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

Application

Potassium chloride has been used:
  • as a component of Danieau medium and also used in the preparation of phosphate buffer saline
  • in the preparation of electrolyte solution for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry measurements
  • as a component of HEPES (4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid)-buffered Tyrode′s solution

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

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Protocols

TE Buffer; Elution Buffer; 10x Ligation Buffer; 0.5 M PIPES Buffer; Inoue Transformation Buffer

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