This product has historical factory records. Recorded pack sizes and purity can be used as a supply reference, while project-specific availability is confirmed by inquiry.
98 °C
Crystals from water; melting point: 70-75 °C; obnoxious odor; strong corrosive acid; K= 4.6X10-4; deliquesces; attacks most stable metals except certain stainless steel alloys; aq soln tend to acquire a yellow tint. /glyoxylic acid hemihydrate/
Crystals; MP: approx 50 °C; highly hygroscopic /Glyoxylic acid monohydrate/
-93 °C
Density
1.342 (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink
1.42 @ 20 °C/4 °C
Physical Description
Supplied as a 50% aqueous solution. Colorless to straw yellow. (USCG, 1999)
Liquid
Solid with an obnoxious odor; Deliquesces quickly to form a syrup in contact with air; [Merck Index] Found as colorless to straw-yellow 50% aqueous solution; [CAMEO] 50% aqueous solution is colorless to light yellow viscous liquid
Appearance
Monoclinic crystals from water
Rhombic prisms obtained from water with 1/2 mol of water of crystallization.