Silica gel orange (Drying pearls Orange) is a commonly employed drying agent.
Synonyms: Silica gel
MDL Number: MFCD00011232
Melting Point: >1600 C
Application: Silica gel orange (Drying pearls Orange) may be used to provide long-term storage conditions in the following studies:
•Multiwell plates in a gel drying box during the solid-phase reverse transfection on cell microarrays.
•Robust protocol for the reverse transfection of cells on small interfering (siRNA) arrays.It was used to compose the spotting solution of transfection array.
Assay: ≥98.5% (sum of enantiomers, GC)
BP: 2230°C
Capacity: ≥25 % absorption capacity (water)
Density: 1.01 g/mL at 25°C(lit.)
Grade: puriss.
Impurities: ≤0.025% soluble in chloroform
Loss: ≤2% loss on drying, 105 °C, 3 h
MP: >1600°C
Optical Activity: [α]20/D −58±2°, c = 5% in ethanol
Particle Size: 2-5 mm
Quality: with moisture indicator free of heavy metals
Refractive Index: n20/D 1.563(lit.)