Glutaraldehyde 50%

Glutaraldehyde 50%

• Pungent colorless oily liquid. Soluble in water and alcohol.

• Property Description
• Solubility Soluble in all proportions in water and ethanol; soluble in benzene and ether.
• Hydrolysis Stability decreases with increasing pH. 3
• pH 5, half-life 508 days.
• pH 7, half-life 102 days.
• pH 9, half-life 46 days

• As a cold disinfectant in the health care industry.
• As a hardener in x-ray film processing.
• In tanning as a fixative.
• As a biocide in water treatment.
• In animal housing for disinfection.
• As a preservative in industrial oils.
• As a biocide in sanitary solutions for aircraft and portable toilets.
• In small quantities as a disinfectant for air ducts.
• As a tissue fixative in electron and light microscopy and in histochemistry.
• As a biocide in aquaculture.
• In small quantities as an embalming agent. and
• As a therapeutic agent.