Physical date:

Apperance: crystal or powder

Melting piont: 420°C

Moisture sensitive extremely hygroscopic.

Solubility: >60 g/100 mL (20°C)

Application:

A corrosion inhibitor for battery anodes, e.g., metals such as zinc, lead, and the like, in primary battery cells, comprises a quaternary ammonium salt, particularly, tetraalkyl ammonium chloride.More preferably Tetraheptyl ammonium chloride.

Used in hybridization solutions of mixed oligonucleotides. In solutions with TMAC, the Tm(melting temperature) of a hybrid is dependent on its length, not its base composition.

 TMAC,

Used in probing PCR (polymerase chain reaction)  products for the analysis of polymorphisms with allele-specific oligonucleotides.