Description
Guanidine thiocyanate acts as a chaotropic salt with minimum 99 percent purity for biochemistry applications and the CAS number 593-84-0. The compound possesses the empirical formula C2H6N4S, a molar mass of 118.16 grams per mole and a density of 1.29 grams per cubic centimeter. It is Primary applications centre on nucleic acid extraction, cell lysis and protein solubilisation within molecular biology protocols. Guanidine thiocyanate from manufacturer Carl ROTH supports consistent outcomes in standard laboratory workflows. The reagent finds widespread use in RNA and DNA isolation procedures where effective disruption of cellular structures is essential. Researchers depend on the defined purity level for reproducible buffer preparation and experimental reliability. Its solubility profile allows straightforward incorporation into aqueous solutions for routine sample processing. The product maintains performance across multiple molecular biology techniques and supports efficient downstream analysis.
Key features
- Appearance: colourless crystals
- Appearance (33 %, water): colourless, clear
- Assay: ≥99.0 %
- Melting point: 118-121 °C
- Water: ≤0.3 %
- Iron (Fe): ≤0.0001 %
- Heavy metals: ≤0.001 %
- pH value (1 M, H2O): 5.0-7.0
- 280 nm: ≤0.40
- 300 nm: ≤0.05
- Pack sizes: 100 g, 1 kg, 500 g, 5 kg
- Minimum 99 % purity
- CAS 593-84-0
- Empirical formula C2H6N4S
- Molar mass 118.16 g/mol
- Density 1.29 g/cm³
- For biochemistry use
- High water solubility
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