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Paraffin & Silicon Oil
Applications
- Microbatch crystallization
Features
- Under oil crystallization
- Protect the sample from oxidation
- Screen different temperatures without condensation
Description
Oils used for microbatch and modified microbatch crystallization under oil.
Al’s Oil is a 50:50 (volume:volume) mixture of Paraffin Oil and Silicon Oil. Al’s Oil is named after it’s inventor, Allan D’Arcy.
Paraffin oil
Synonym: Mineral oil
CAS Number: [8042-47-5]
EC Number: 232-455-8
RTECS: PY8047000
MDL Number: MFCD00131611
Appearance: Colorless, clear, viscous liquid
Refractive Index n20/D: 1.467 (literature) n20/D 1.468
IR Spectroscopy Grade
Density: 0.838 g/mL at 25°C (literature) 0.85 g/ml at 20°C
Viscosity: 40-42 CST at 25°C
Silicon Oil
Synonyms: Octamethyltrisiloxane
CAS Number: [107-51-7]
Appearance: Colorless, clear viscous liquid
Melting Point: -86°C
Boiling Point: 152°C
Refractive Index: 1.38 at 25°C
Viscosity: 1 CST at 25°C
Specific Gravity: 0.82 at 25°C
Density: 0.82 g/mL at 25°C
Surface Tension: 17.4 mN/m
CAT NO
HR3-417
NAME
DESCRIPTION
250 mL of each
PRICE
$483.00
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Support Material(s)
HR3-411 Paraffin Oil User Guide HR3-421 Paraffin Oil User Guide HR3-411 HR3-421 Paraffin Oil SDS HR3-415 Silicon Oil User Guide HR3-423 Silicon Oil User Guide HR3-415 HR3-423 Silicon Oil SDS HR3-413 Al′s Oil User Guide HR3-413 Al′s Oil SDS
Converting Vapor Diffusion to Microbatch
Certificate Of Analysis
References
1. The advantages of using a modified microbatch method for rapid screening of protein crystallization conditions. Allan DArcy et al. Acta Cryst. (2003). D59, 396-399.
2. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a novel type of lipolytic hydrolase from Bacillus licheniformis. H. Ju, R. Pandian, K. Kim, K. K. Kim and T. D. Kim. Acta Cryst. (2014). F70, 473-475 [ doi:10.1107/S2053230X14004142]
