Potassium Sodium Tartrate Tetrahydrate ACS Reagent, 99%, 500 grams

Potassium Sodium Tartrate Tetrahydrate ACS Reagent, 99% &, 500 Gram

Synonym: L(+)-Tartaric acid potassium Sodium salt, Rochelle salt, Seignette salt

• CAS Number 6381-59-5
• Linear Formula KOCOCH(OH)CH(OH)COONa · 4H2O
• Molecular Weight 282.22
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number 6113568
• EC Number 206-156-8
• MDL number MFCD00150989
• PubChem Substance ID 24853005

General description

Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate is a ferroelectric crystal with a high piezoelectric effect and electromechanical coupling coefficient.

Application

Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate has been used in the preparation of Lowry Reagent for the determination of microsomal protein concentration in rat hepatic microsomes by Lowry method. It may be used as a constituent to prepare DNS (3,5- dinitrosalicylic acid) Reagent and Fehling′s solution B, which are used in the determination of reducing sugar.