Calcium hydroxide

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

300

Agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

product line

EMSURE^®

Assay

≥96.0% (acidimetric)

form

solid

potency

7340 mg/kg LD₅₀ oral (Rat)

impurities

≤0.03% Substances insoluble in hydrochloric acid

pH

12.6 (20 °C in H₂O saturated solution)

mp

550 °C (decomposition)

solubility

1.7 g/L

density

2.24 g/cm³ at 20 °C

bulk density

400 kg/m³

anion traces

carbonate (CO₃^2-): ≤3.0% (as CaCO₃)
chloride (Cl^–): ≤0.005%
sulfur compounds (as SO₄^2-): ≤0.1%

cation traces

Fe: ≤0.05%
K: ≤0.05%
Mg: ≤0.5%
Na: ≤0.05%
Sr: ≤0.05%
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.003%

storage temp.

2-30°C

InChI

1S/Ca.2H2O/h;2*1H2/q+2;;/p-2

InChI key

AXCZMVOFGPJBDE-UHFFFAOYSA-L