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'''PEG 400''' (Polyethylene Glycol 400) is a low molecular weight grade of ]. It is a clear, colorless, viscous liqid. Due in part to its low toxicity, PEG 400 is widely used in a variety of pharmaceutical formulations. '''PEG 400''' (Polyethylene Glycol 400) is a low molecular weight grade of ]. It is a clear, colorless, viscous liquid. Due in part to its low toxicity, PEG 400 is widely used in a variety of pharmaceutical formulations.


==Additional Properties== ==Additional Properties==

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PEG 400 (Polyethylene Glycol 400) is a low molecular weight grade of Polyethylene glycol. It is a clear, colorless, viscous liquid. Due in part to its low toxicity, PEG 400 is widely used in a variety of pharmaceutical formulations.

Additional Properties

PEG 400 is strongly hydrophilic. The partition coefficient of polyethylene glycol 414 between hexane and water is 0.000015 (log P = − 4.8 {\displaystyle P=-4.8} ), indicating that when polyethylene glycol 414 is mixed with water and hexane, there are only 1.5 parts of polyethylene glycol 414 in the hexane layer per 100,000 parts of polyethylene glycol 414 in the water layer.

PEG 400 is soluble in water, acetone, alcohols, benzene, glycerin, glycols, aromatic hydrocarbons and is slightly soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons.

References

  1. T. Y. Ma, D. Hollander, P. Krugliak, K. Katz (1990). "PEG 400, a hydrophilic molecular probe for measuring intestinal permeability". Gastroenterology. 98 (1): 39–46.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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