Product Overview & Quality

Product Name: Ethyl acetate (Ethyl ethanoate)
Brand: Kemaus (Product Code: KA-212)
Grade: Analytical Reagent (AR Grade) with a certified premium purity of 99.5 percent or higher. Manufactured and quality-verified under Kemaus strict laboratory quality control systems to guarantee exceptionally low levels of non-volatile matter, water content, and free acidity. This high-purity profile ensures accurate analytical results and protects delicate instrumentation from background interference.
Physical Properties: Faint, characteristic sweet fruity odor (like nail polish remover), clear, colorless, highly volatile, and non-viscous liquid. It vaporizes rapidly at room temperature.
Solubility: Moderately soluble in water (approximately 8 percent at room temperature); completely miscible in all proportions with common organic solvents including ethanol, acetone, chloroform, and ether.
Key Use: Heavily utilized as a primary extraction solvent for isolating organic target compounds, natural products, and phytochemical complexes in research laboratories. Widely applied as a standard component of the mobile phase matrix in thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and column chromatography chemical separation schemes. Commonly used as a reaction solvent in advanced organic synthesis workflows, and functions as an effective tool in entomology labs for sacrificing insect specimens safely without damaging their external anatomical structures.

Safety & Hazards (Critical & Flammable)

Classification: Highly flammable liquid and vapor. Causes serious eye irritation. May cause drowsiness or dizziness (Respiratory tract irritation).
Health Risks: Direct ocular contact triggers immediate severe stinging irritation, watering, and tissue redness. Prolonged dermal exposure causes severe defatting of skin tissues, leading to cracked, dry discomfort. Inhalation of concentrated volatile vapors suppresses the central nervous system, inducing immediate coughing, dizziness, headaches, or acute drowsiness.
First Aid Measures: Flush affected eyes or skin immediately with plenty of flowing water for at least 15 minutes. If vapors are inhaled, promptly move the victim to fresh air. Seek medical evaluation if symptoms persist.

Handling & Storage

Storage: Highly Flammable and Volatile Liquid. It evaporates rapidly and can form explosive vapor-air mixtures. Must be stored in its original, tightly sealed Kemaus 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 within a properly functioning laboratory fume hood to contain volatile organic vapors and eliminate exposure.