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Stearic Acid

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Stearic acid, 1-Heptadecanecarboxylic acid, C18:0, Cetylacetic acid, NSC 25956, NSC 261168, Octadecanoic acid, Stearophanic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)16COOH
CAS Number:
57-11-4
Molecular Weight:
284.48
Beilstein:
608585
EC Number:
200-313-4
MDL number:
MFCD00002752
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329823135
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

300

Agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. S1340000
traceable to USP 1621008

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 173.7 °C)

API family

stearic acid

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

361 °C (lit.)

mp

67-72 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care
pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C18H36O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18(19)20/h2-17H2,1H3,(H,19,20)

InChI key

QIQXTHQIDYTFRH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid, which is a long aliphatic chain containing a carboxyl group at one end and a methyl group at the other. Pharmaceutically, it is used as a lubricant in tablet and capsule formulations and as an emulsifying and solubilizing agent in topical formulations.
Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

Stearic acid may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in raw material, food and pharmaceutical formulations by gas chromatography.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA7125 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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WGK

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Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Certificates of Analysis (COA)

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LRAD8679
LRAD6311
LRAD3176
LRAD1932
LRAB9601

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Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 6th Edition
Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients 6th edition Pharmaceutical Press, 697-699 (2009)
Stearic acid
Pharmacopeia, US
United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary, 29(2), 6068-6068 (2018)
Qualitative and quantitative determination of the fatty acids by gas-liquid chromatography
James AT
Methods of Biochemical Analysis, 1-59 (1960)
Novel method for quantification of individual free fatty acids in milk using an in-solution derivatisation approach and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
Amer B, et al.
International dairy journal, 32(2), 199-203 (2013)
Piret Arukuusk et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1828(5), 1365-1373 (2013-01-30)
Harnessing of a branched structure is a novel approach in the design of cell-penetrating peptides and it has provided highly efficient transfection reagents for intracellular delivery of nucleic acids. The new stearylated TP10 analogs, NickFects, condense plasmid DNA, splice correcting
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