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Sodium metabisulfite

anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, ReagentPlus®, ≥99%

Synonym(s):

Sodium disulfite, Sodium pyrosulfite

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
Na2S2O5
CAS Number:
7681-57-4
Molecular Weight:
190.11
EC Number:
231-673-0
MDL number:
MFCD00167602
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
329768704
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®
Redi-Dri™

Assay

≥99%

form

powder

quality

free-flowing

mp

>300 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Na+].[Na+].[O-]S(=O)S([O-])(=O)=O

InChI

1S/2Na.H2O5S2/c;;1-6(2)7(3,4)5/h;;(H,1,2)(H,3,4,5)/q2*+1;/p-2

InChI key

HRZFUMHJMZEROT-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Redi-Dri™ technology eliminates clumping and the need for complicated procedures to keep your salts free-flowing. Keeping your salts dry helps improve your results by giving accurate measurements and easier-to-handle salts and buffers. Rather than drying your salts in an oven or desiccator or breaking them apart manually, Redi-Dri™ ensures that your salts will remain easy-to-use for months without worrying about anti-caking agents. Even after repeated openings you can be assured that your results are always accurate. Redi-Dri™ saves you time, energy and money by keeping your salts usable for longer!

Features and Benefits

  • Increased efficiency – Eliminate time and effort of loosening hardened powders
  • Safety – Avoid risks of using tools of force to break up clumps
  • Economy – Faster preparation and solvation increase productivity and reduce costs
  • Assured quality – Excellent, expert-tested quality with no anti-caking agents
  • Flexible volumes – Available from research amounts to scale-up quantities

Other Notes

As a solid, this product is sodium metabisulfite, Na2S2O5. Dissolved in water, it yields NaHSO3.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

Pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark
GHS05,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H302,H318

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1

Supplementary Hazards

EUH031

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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  1. How does Redi-Dri™ help keep salts and buffers free-flowing?

    Redi-Dri™ products are specially handled and the bottle is specially designed to ensure that the product will remain dry without adding impurities or additives to the product. Ensuring that you receive the highest quality material that is easy to handle.

  2. Are there any special storage conditions that must be maintained?

    No, Redi-Dri™ products can be stored under the same conditions as the equivalent non-Redi-Dri™ products.

  3. How long will material remain free-flowing after it is opened?

    While the exact amount of time your material will remain free-flowing can vary, this largely depends on the ambient storage conditions and how many times it is opened.

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Chemosphere, 82(7), 1056-1061 (2010-11-09)
Sodium metabisulfite is used in marine shrimp harvesting to prevent the occurrence of black spots. Shrimps are soaked in a sodium metabisulfite solution in ice, which is disposed of in sewages that run into marine canals, creating an environmental hazard.
Jeffrey N Hemenway et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 101(9), 3305-3318 (2012-05-23)
A 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) precolumn derivatization high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) method was developed to quantify levels of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions. Formic acid and acetic acid were quantified by HPLC-UV. Samples of neat and aqueous PEG
I U Nieves et al.
Bioresource technology, 102(13), 6959-6965 (2011-05-03)
Microaeration (injecting air into the headspace) improved the fermentation of hemicellulose hydrolysates obtained from the phosphoric acid pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse at 170°C for 10 min. In addition, with 10% slurries of phosphoric acid pretreated bagasse (180°C, 10 min), air
Ilgaz Akdogan et al.
Toxicology and industrial health, 27(9), 771-778 (2011-04-23)
Sulfite, which is continuously formed in the body during metabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids, is commonly used in preservatives. It has been shown that there are toxic effects of sulfite on many cellular components. The aim of this study was
David W Roberts et al.
Contact dermatitis, 66(3), 123-127 (2012-02-11)
Skin-sensitizing chemicals that cause allergic contact dermatitis do so by reacting with self-proteins such that the modified structure becomes antigenic. The reaction chemistry involved is well characterized, but there are exceptions, such as the occasional allergen sodium metabisulfite. To identify
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