Potassium chloride

Tocris Bioscience | Catalog # 3147

Commonly used laboratory reagent
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Description

Commonly used laboratory reagent
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Product Description

Potassium chloride is a commonly used laboratory reagent

Product Specifications for Potassium chloride

Molecular Weight

74.55

Formula

KCl

Storage

Store at RT

Purity

≥99%

CAS Number

7447-40-7

PubChem ID

4873

InChI Key

WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M

SMILES

[K]Cl

The technical data provided above is for guidance only. For batch specific data refer to the Certificate of Analysis.

Solubility

Solvent Max Conc. mg/mL Max Conc. mM
Solubility
water 149.1 2000

Preparing Stock Solutions for Potassium chloride

The following data is based on the product molecular weight 74.55.

Batch specific molecular weights may vary from batch to batch due to the degree of hydration, which all affect the solvent volumes required to prepare stock solutions.

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Concentration / Solvent Volume / Mass 1 mg 5 mg 10 mg
20 mM 0.67 mL 3.35 mL 6.71 mL
100 mM 0.13 mL 0.67 mL 1.34 mL
200 mM 0.07 mL 0.34 mL 0.67 mL
1000 mM 0.01 mL 0.07 mL 0.13 mL

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Product Documents for Potassium chloride

Certificate of Analysis

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Product Specific Notices for Potassium chloride

For research use only

Citations for Potassium chloride

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  • KCl is a component of extracellular buffer for Ca2+ imaging in cells.
    Name: Anonymous
    Species: Human
    Assay Type: In Vitro
    Cell Line/Tissue: HEK293
    Verified Customer | Posted 07/02/2019
    KCl (5.4 mM) is added in the extracellular buffer, consisting of (in mM) 137 NaCl, 1 CaCl2, 1 MgCl2, 10 HEPES and 10 glucose and pH is adjusted to 7.4 with NaOH and used to perfuse cells during Ca2+ imaging in Fura2-loaded cells.
  • KCl used to make potassium buffer for cell loading
    Name: Eleanor Baxter
    Species: Human
    Verified Customer | Posted 12/15/2018
    I have used KCl for loading my cells with potassium prior to potassium efflux studies. Potassium chloride was used to make potassium buffer.
    Potassium chloride 3147

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