Mixing Water (10ml)

Research overview

Mixing Water (10ml) is sterile water containing 0.9% benzyl alcohol as a preservative, also listed as Sterile Water with Benzyl Alcohol. It is a laboratory diluent used for reconstitution and short-term stability studies. Supplied as a 10ml solution for in-vitro laboratory use only. It is a laboratory reagent and not a research peptide.

Bacteriostatic means that the preservative inhibits bacterial growth without necessarily killing the organisms. Benzyl alcohol at 0.9% is a widely used preservative of this kind, and it is water-soluble and compatible with many lyophilised peptides. Its presence makes this water suited to vials that are opened more than once in the laboratory, where microbial contamination between uses is a concern.

Typical uses are reconstituting lyophilised standards that will be sampled repeatedly, preparing working stocks for short-term stability studies, and checking how a preservative affects a peptide's behaviour. Benzyl alcohol can be cytotoxic to cells and can interfere with some assays, so preservative-free water is usually used for cell-based work. It is supplied as a 10ml sterile solution.

Research areas

• Reconstitution of repeatedly sampled standards
• Short-term stability studies with a preservative
• Microbial growth control in laboratory stocks
• Preservative compatibility testing
• Comparison with preservative-free diluents

Specifications

CAS number

7732-18-5 / 100-51-6

Molecular formula

H2O + C7H8O

Molecular weight

18.02 g/mol (water)

Form

solution (sterile water with 0.9% benzyl alcohol)

Purity

≥99% (HPLC)

Also known as

Sterile Water with Benzyl Alcohol

Supplied as

10ml per vial, solution (sterile water with 0.9% benzyl alcohol)

Storage and handling

Laboratory role: a preserved diluent for reconstituting lyophilised materials that will be sampled more than once. Store unopened vials at room temperature, away from light and heat, and record the date on which a vial is first opened.

Certificates of analysis

Each lot of Mixing Water (10ml) is released with a certificate recording identity and purity. Enter the lot number printed on your vial on the lab testing page to view it.

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