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Description

Calcium Chloride is a popular ion used in enzymatic reactions and cell culture media. Incubation in Calcium Chloride has been shown to improve transformation efficiency in E.coli.

Calcium Chloride 1M is prepared using >99% pure raw materials in triple-distilled and deionized water, then autoclaved to provide you with a guaranteed sterile product.


bioWORLD's products are supplied for LABORATORY RESEARCH USE ONLY. The product may not be used as a drug, agricultural or pesticidal product, food additive or as a household chemical.

References

See "Calcium chloride made E. coli competent for uptake of extraneous DNA through overproduction of OmpC protein" by PubMed.

Properties

Shelf life

5 years

Storage Temperature

RT

ECCN #

EAR99

RTECS #

EV9830000

Concentration

1M

Appearance color

Clear

Appearance form

Liquid

Molecular Formula

CaCl2

Molecular Weight

147.01

pH value

4.5-8.5

Density

1.835 g/cm3

Melting point

0.0 °C (32.0 °F)

Boiling point

100°C

Solubility (@ RT)

1.086 g/mL at 20 °C (68 °F)