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What's bac water?

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"Bac water" is short for bacteriostatic water: sterile water containing 0.9% benzyl alcohol. That preservative keeps a multi-use vial usable for roughly 28 days after the first puncture, which is why it is the go-to diluent for reconstituting research peptides.

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