Product code RXSOL-60-6604-436Category Lab Chemical

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Overview

DICHLOROMETHANE SPECIALLY DRIED AR

Product description

Dichloromethane is used as solvent in liquid-liquid extraction because caffeine has higher solubility in Dichloromethane as compared to other solvents. After separation of organic layer from the separating funnel it is then kept for evaporationso as to evaporate the dichloromethane present in it.
The major use of dichloromethane is as a solvent in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry for chemical reactions, purification and isolation of intermediates or products.

Applications

Dichloromethane is used as a solvent in food technology.
It is used in aerosol formulations.
It is am ethane foam blowing agent.
Used as a solvent in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
CH2Cl2 is used as a degreasing agent.
Used in the manufacturing of electronics.

Dosage

Dichloromethane (DCM or methylene chloride) is an organochloride compound with the formula CH2Cl2. This colorless, volatile liquid with a chloroform-like, sweet odour is widely used as a solvent. Although it is not miscible with water, it is polar, and miscible with many organic solvents.[11]

Also known as

DI CHLORO METHANE SPECIALLY DRIED AR

Notes

 It is a highly volatile liquid (see fast facts table), but it is neither flammable nor explosive in air.

Dichloromethane is commonly produced by chlorinating methane.

Where we supply

Oman. Stocked at our warehouse in Barka, South Al Batinah, and supplied to Muscat, Ruwi, Mutrah, Seeb, Rusayl, Barka, Sohar, Shinas, Saham, Buraimi, Nizwa, Ibri, Sur, Salalah, Duqm, Khasab and every other governorate.

Ports and free zones. Port Sultan Qaboos (Mutrah), Mina Al Fahal, Sohar Port and Freezone, Port of Salalah and Salalah Free Zone, Port of Duqm and the Duqm Special Economic Zone, Port of Sur, Khasab Port and Al Mazunah Free Zone.

Industrial areas. Rusayl, Sohar, Barka (Sanaya), Raysut (Salalah), Nizwa, Sur, Buraimi and Duqm industrial estates, Knowledge Oasis Muscat, and oil and gas sites across Oman.

Beyond Oman. We have branches in the UAE (including Fujairah) and in India (Kandla, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Chennai and Mumbai), and we also supply to South Africa.