Μsm-Fl Recommendations; Properties Of Common Solvents - Waters ACQUITY UPLC M-Class System Manual

D.3.2 µSM-FL recommendations
• Typical organic sample diluents such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethylformamide
(DMF) are supported.
• Do not use buffers as needle wash solvents. You can use acids and bases.
D.4 Properties of common solvents
The following table lists the properties for some common chromatographic solvents.
Table D–1: Properties of common solvents
Solvent
Acetonitrile
n-butyl acetate
n-butyl alcohol
n-butyl chloride
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
Cyclohexane
Cyclopentane
o-Dichlorobenzene
Dichloromethane
Dimethyl acetamide
N,N-
Dimethylformamide
Dimethyl sulfoxide
1,4-Dioxane
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl ether
Ethylene dichloride
Heptane
Iso-octane
Isobutyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol
Isopropyl myristate
Vapor pressure mm
Hg (Torr)
88.8 at 25 °C
7.8 at 20 °C
4.4 at 20 °C
80.1 at 20 °C
8.8 at 20 °C
158.4 at 20 °C
77.5 at 20 °C
400 at 20 °C
1.2 at 20 °C
350 at 20 °C
1.3 at 25 °C
2.7 at 20 °C
0.6 at 25 °C
29 at 20 °C
43.9 at 20 °C
442 at 20 °C
83.35 at 20 °C
35.5 at 20 °C
41 at 20 °C
8.8 at 20 °C
32.4 at 20 °C
<1 at 20 °C
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Boiling point (°C)
81.6
126.11
117.5
78.44
131.69
61.15
80.72
49.26
180.48
39.75
166.1
153.0
189.0
101.32
78.32
34.55
83.48
98.43
99.24
107.7
82.26
192.6
Flash point (°C)
6
22
37
-9
28
none
-20
-7
66
none
70
58
88
12
15
-45
13
-4
-12
28
12
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