Cyclohexane
Product Overview & Quality
- Product Name: Cyclohexane
- Brand: Kemaus (Product Code: KA-719)
- Grade: Analytical Reagent (AR Grade) with a premium purity of 99.5 percent or higher. Meticulously manufactured under Kemaus premium laboratory quality control to ensure exceptionally low water content and non-volatile residue. It evaporates completely clean without leaving traces, making it highly dependable for sensitive analytical testing and high-precision baselines.
- Physical Properties: Clear, colorless, highly volatile liquid with a faint, characteristic sweetish petroleum-like odor.
- Solubility: Practically insoluble in water (forms a distinct two-phase layer); completely miscible with organic solvents including alcohol, ether, acetone, and chloroform.
- Key Use: Widely utilized as a core non-polar solvent for extraction, recrystallization, and sample preparation protocols in quantitative chemistry. Frequently used in formulation chemistry and as a component for mobile phases in advanced liquid chromatography or spectrophotometric analysis. Also serves as a reaction medium and chemical intermediate in organic synthesis.
Safety & Hazards (Critical)
- Classification: Highly flammable liquid and vapor. Causes skin irritation. May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways. May cause drowsiness or dizziness. Very toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects.
- Health Risks: Inhalation of concentrated vapors triggers central nervous system depression, leading to headaches, dizziness, nausea, or severe drowsiness. Prolonged or repeated skin exposure causes defatting of the skin, resulting in dryness, cracking, and irritation. Aspiration hazard: if swallowed, it can easily enter the lungs and cause severe pulmonary damage.
- Environmental Hazards: Highly toxic to aquatic environments. Dispose of strictly under regulated hazardous organic chemical waste guidelines. Do not discharge into general sewers.
- First Aid Measures: Immediately flush affected eyes or skin with plenty of flowing water for at least 15 minutes. If inhaled, move the victim to fresh air immediately. If swallowed, do not induce vomiting and seek urgent medical attention immediately.
Handling & Storage
- Storage: Highly Flammable and Volatile. Must be stored in its original, tightly sealed Kemaus container inside a certified flammable safety cabinet. Keep in a cool, dry, and excellently ventilated chemical safety zone at stable room temperature (below 30 degrees Celsius). Keep strictly away from open flames, sparks, hot surfaces, static discharge, direct sunlight, and strong oxidizing agents.
- Precautions: Wear standard personal protective equipment (PPE), including chemical-resistant laboratory gloves, safety glasses, and an organic vapor protective respirator. Handle strictly within a functioning fume hood to eliminate exposure to volatile vapors.
