Product Overview & Quality

Product Name: Sodium hydroxide solution 0.1N (0.1 Normal)
Brand: RCI LABSCAN (Product Code: LA-GN1173-P1L)
Grade: Volumetric Standard Solution / Analytical Reagent Grade. Meticulously manufactured and standardized under RCI LABSCAN strict global laboratory specifications. Prepared using high-purity water matrices and analytical grade precursors, ensuring precise volumetric concentration compliance with traceable standardization factors (NIST Traceable). This ready-to-use solution completely eliminates high-risk manual chemical preparation steps, minimizes human titration errors, and delivers excellent baseline dependability for analytical quality control.
Physical Properties: Odorless, clear, and colorless liquid. It possesses a basic (alkaline) profile with mild-to-moderate corrosive properties depending on contact duration.
Key Use: Heavily utilized as a primary standard titrant in acid-base titration matrices to determine and quantify free acid content in food, beverages, chemical formulations, environmental wastewater, and cosmetic samples. Commonly applied as a high-precision pH regulator to shift solution layers into basic thresholds, and functions as a core operational reagent across educational, biological, and industrial quality control (QC) testing lines.

Safety & Hazards

Classification: Causes skin irritation. Causes serious eye irritation. Mildly corrosive to metals under prolonged contact.
Health Risks: Direct eye contact triggers immediate stinging irritation, sharp watering, and localized tissue redness. Dermal exposure induces a slippery sensation and localized irritation, leading to dry discomfort or chemical redness. Ingestion triggers irritation within gastrointestinal tract membranes.
First Aid Measures: Flush affected eyes or skin immediately with a continuous stream of flowing water for at least 15 minutes while removing contaminated garments. Seek medical evaluation if irritation develops or persists.

Handling & Storage

Storage: Air Sensitive Volumetric Fluid. Alkaline solutions readily absorb ambient atmospheric carbon dioxide, forming trace carbonates that gradually alter and reduce the verified normality value. Must be stored in its original, tightly sealed RCI LABSCAN high-density plastic container. Keep in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated dedicated chemical environment at stable room temperature (below 30 degrees Celsius). Keep isolated from strong acids and powerful oxidizing agents.
Precautions: Wear standard personal protective equipment (PPE), including laboratory chemical-resistant gloves, safety glasses, and a protective lab coat. Never leave the primary stock container uncapped during laboratory operations, and never pour dispensed, unused solution back into the stock bottle to fully prevent contamination and preserve exact titration factor values.