Chemicals and grades
VWR Chemicals are optimised by grade for your application. 98% are available from stock and each has a guaranteed exact specification. To request your copy of the VWR Chemicals catalogue click below.
Chemical Innovations
Our different solvent grades are optimised to your applications.
High quality inorganic reagents including acids, alkalis, salts and indicators. Innovations in this product area often come from packaging, for example. More and more of our acids are now available in HDPE bottles that are virtually unbreakable, light and easy to handle, but with the same specifications and shelf life as those in glass.
Specifically designed reagents for use in various techniques such as: Karl Fischer, Kjeldahl, titration and metal trace analysis (including sample preparation).
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VWR Chemical Grades
All of our ranges for different methods and applications are classified by quality grade from the highest purity for instrument analysis to reagents for general laboratory use
| Grade / Quality | Main applications / characteristics |
| HiPerSolv® CHROMANORM® | HPLC and LC-UV |
| HiPerSolv® CHROMANORM® for preparative | HPLC preparative applications |
| HiPerSolv® CHROMANORM® LC-MS | LC-MS |
| PESTINORM® | GC/GLC: ECD, PND, GC-MS applications including pesticide residue analysis |
| SpectrosoL® / SPECTRONORM® | UV, IR or NMR Spectroscopy |
| ARISTAR® /NORMATOM® | High purity solvents, acids, reagents and standards for metal trace analysis (IC, AAS, ICP-OES or ICP-MS) |
| Anhydrous solvents | Organic synthesis |
| Analar® NORMAPUR® ACS, Reag PH EUR | Analytical grade reagents according to ACS and Reag PH EUR specifications for analytical purposes |
| AVS® TITRINORM® / ConvoL® NORMADOSE® | Ready to use/ concentrated solutions of analytical reagents for volumetric titration and calibration |
| PH EUR and USP reagents | Range of standards and solutions specified in the Ph EUR for laboratory use |
| Calibration standards certified reference materials | For equipment calibration ( conductivity, flash point, refractive index, viscosity, colour, UV-VIS…) |
| Pharmacopoeia grade products | Products for pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical production |
| GPR RECTAPUR® | Reagents for general laboratory use |
| LABWASH® | Cleaning products for manual or automatic washing |
| TECHNICAL, TechniSolv® | Reagents with limited specifications for general laboratory use |
| Indicators papers, strips, rolls, dyes including DOSATEST® and Rota® | Test and PH papers dyes, dry and in solution |
| Photometric tests | Powder pillows and reagents for environmental applications |
| Electran | Electrophoresis reagents |
| For microbiology | Ready to use and dehydrated culture media for microbiological applications |
| Q Path® | For cytological and histological use |
| Gurr® | Stains and dyes for microscopy, Reagents for classical haematology, cytology and histology |
Merck Grades
| Brand - Product Group | Main applications / characteristics |
| Brand - Product Group | Solvents for analytical HPLC, fast chromatography, and LC-MS applications |
| LichropurTM Reagents | Reagents for Ion-Pair Chromatography |
| Suprasolv® Solvents | Solvents for Gas Chromatography |
| Prepsolv® Solvents | Solvents for Preparative Chromatography |
| Uvasol® Solvents | Solvents for Spectroscopy Applications |
| Prepsolv® | Solvents for Preparative Chromatography |
| EMSURE® | Classical Solvents & Inorganics for demanding and regulated analytical applications EMSURE® |
| EMPARTA® | Classical Solvents & Inorganics for routine analytical applications EMPARTA® |
| EMPLURA® | Classical Solvents & Inorganics for preparative lab work, cleaning and production EMPLURA® |
| Ultrapur® | Acids for highly sophisticated instrumental ultra-trace analysis, e.g. ICP-MS |
| Suprapur® | Acids for highly sophisticated instrumental trace analysis, e.g. AAS and ICP-OES |
| Titripur® | Ready-to-Use volumetric Solutions for Precise Titration Results tested in compliance with the European and US Pharmacopoeias. Titripur® volumetric solutions are traceable to primary reference materials from NIST. |
| Titripac® | Titripac® is the smart and safe packaging system for ready-to-use volumetric, buffer, and aqueous solutions. |
| Aquastar® | Aquastar® for Karl Fischer water determination |
| Cerriliant® | Certified Reference Materials for Testing and Standards |
| TraceCERT® | Certified Reference Materials for Testing and Standards |
| Certipur® | Certipur® Reference Material for Reliable Calibration in pH Measurement |
| Extran® | Cleaning of Lab Equipment |
| Chemizorb® | Absorbents for Spilled Liquids |
| GranuCult™ | Culture Media |
| ReadyPlate™ | Ready-to-use Liquid Media |
| ReadyTube® | Prepared Media for Guaranteed Compliance |
| MVP ICON® | System for ATP Hygiene Monitoring & Management |
| MAS-100 Eco® | Small and lightweight microbial air sampler |
| MAS-100 CG® Ex | Compressed gas microbial air sampler |
| MAS-100 NT® Ex | Microbial air sampler for hazardous environments |
| Spectroquant® Prove | A New Class of Spectrophotometers for Water Analysis |
| Spectroquant® Test Kits | Spectroquant® Test Kits for Water Analysis |
| MQuant® | Visual Tests for Semi-quantitative Analyses |
| Supel™ | SPE Cartidges |