Product Overview & Quality

Product Name: Acetonitrile or Methyl cyanide
Brand: RCI LABSCAN (Product Code: LA-LC1005-G4L)
Grade: HPLC Grade (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Grade). Meticulously manufactured and purified under RCI LABSCAN strict global laboratory quality control standards to guarantee maximum chemical purity and ultimate UV transparency. It features exceptionally low UV cut-off absorbance thresholds and ultra-low levels of non-volatile matter, water content, and free acidity. This highly refined profile prevents baseline noise drift, protects sensitive columns from chemical caking, and delivers absolute chromatographic accuracy.
Physical Properties: Clear, colorless, highly volatile, non-viscous liquid with a distinctive, faint, sweetish ether-like chemical odor.
Solubility: Completely miscible in all proportions with water and common organic solvents including ethanol, methanol, acetone, chloroform, and ether.
Key Use: Heavily utilized as a primary premium mobile phase solvent in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), UHPLC, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) setups for chemical separation and quantification. Commonly applied as a clean solvent matrix for preparing primary reference standard mixtures and highly sensitive sample extractions. Also used in molecular biology laboratories for oligonucleotide synthesis and functions as a functional solvent medium in advanced analytical R&D.

Safety & Hazards (Critical & Flammable)

Classification: Highly flammable liquid and vapor. Harmful if swallowed. Harmful in contact with skin. Harmful if inhaled. Causes serious eye irritation.
Health Risks: Direct eye contact triggers immediate severe stinging irritation, watering, and localized tissue redness. Dermal exposure causes irritation and is readily absorbed through intact skin tissues. Inhalation or ingestion delivers acute systemic toxicity, as metabolized acetonitrile releases cyanide ions within the body, inducing immediate headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, rapid pulse, or life-threatening respiratory depression.
First Aid Measures: Flush affected eyes or skin immediately with plenty of flowing water for at least 15 minutes while removing contaminated garments. If vapors are inhaled, promptly move the victim to fresh air. Seek immediate, urgent medical emergency evaluation.

Handling & Storage

Storage: Highly Flammable and Acutely Toxic Solvent. 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, reducing agents, and strong acids.
Precautions: Comprehensive specialized PPE is mandatory, including organic solvent-resistant gloves, splash-proof safety goggles, a protective lab coat, and an organic vapor respirator. Handle exclusively and strictly within a properly functioning laboratory fume hood to prevent vapor exposure or accidental inhalation.