Cyclohexane or Hexahydrobenzene
Product Overview & Quality
- Product Name: Cyclohexane or Hexahydrobenzene
- Brand: RCI LABSCAN (Product Code: LA-AR1033-G2.5L)
- Grade: Analytical Reagent (AR Grade) with a certified high premium purity of 99.5 percent or higher. Manufactured and quality-verified under RCI LABSCAN strict global laboratory specifications to ensure exceptionally low ppm thresholds of non-volatile matter, water content, free acidity, and benzene contamination. This highly refined non-polar hydrocarbon chemical profile eliminates background baseline noise and guarantees outstanding operational accuracy for quantitative and qualitative analytical workflows.
- Physical Properties: Clear, colorless, highly volatile, low-viscosity liquid with a distinctive, pungent, gasoline-like aliphatic odor. Volatile vapors are highly flammable.
- Solubility: Practically insoluble or immiscible with water (readily forms a top organic layer due to its lower density than water); completely miscible in all proportions with common organic solvents including ethanol, acetone, ether, chloroform, and toluene.
- Key Use: Heavily utilized as a primary non-polar solvent for extracting and isolating lipids, fats, oils, resins, rubbers, and essential phytochemical complexes in research laboratories. Widely applied as a mobile phase component or non-polar modifier in thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and column chromatography separation schemes. Commonly used in physical chemistry for determining the molecular weight of organic solutes via freezing-point depression assays, and serves as an effective reaction medium in advanced organic chemical synthesis.
Safety & Hazards (Critical & Flammable)
- Classification: Highly flammable liquid and vapor. May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways (Aspiration hazard). Causes skin irritation. May cause drowsiness or dizziness. Very toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects.
- Health Risks: Direct eye contact triggers mechanical irritation, watering, and temporary minor redness. Prolonged dermal exposure strips natural skin lipids, leading to dry discomfort, cracked skin, or localized irritation. Inhalation of concentrated volatile vapors suppresses the central nervous system, inducing immediate headaches, dizziness, nausea, or acute drowsiness.
- First Aid Measures: Flush affected eyes or skin immediately with plenty of flowing water for at least 15 minutes while removing contaminated garments. If swallowed, do NOT induce vomiting due to critical aspiration risks into lungs; seek immediate, urgent medical emergency evaluation. If vapors are inhaled, promptly move the victim to fresh air.
Handling & Storage
- Storage: Highly Flammable and Volatile Liquid. Volatile vapors can migrate significantly and form explosive mixtures with air. Must be stored in its original, tightly sealed RCI LABSCAN container inside a dedicated chemical safety cabinet for flammable liquids. Keep in a cool, dry, and excellently ventilated zone at stable room temperature (below 30 degrees Celsius). Keep strictly isolated from open flames, sparks, hot surfaces, direct sunlight, and strong oxidizing agents.
- Precautions: Wear standard personal protective equipment (PPE), including chemical-resistant laboratory gloves, safety glasses, and a protective lab coat. Handle exclusively and strictly within a properly functioning laboratory fume hood to completely contain volatile organic vapors and eliminate exposure.
