Nuclear Fast Red

Property Data Common name Suggested name Other names     C.I. number C.I. name Class Ionisation Solubility aqueous Solubility ethanol Absorption maximum Colour Empirical formula Formula weight Nuclear fast red Nuclear fast red Kernechtrot Calcium red Helio fast rubin BBL 60760 – Anthraquinone Acid 0.25% – 518 (Aldrich) – C14H8NO7SNa 357.28

According to Conn, Nuclear fast red has not been specifically identified, but is considered to be this dye. It forms bright red lakes with calcium, and a useful red nuclear staining lake with aluminum.

 

Reference
R. D. Lillie.
Conn’s Biological Stains
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD., U.S.A.

Susan Budavari, Editor, (1996)
The Merck Index, Ed. 12
Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

Aldrich chemical catalogue, 1992
Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, USA.