PROPIONIC ACID Food Grade
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RXSOL-19-1429-050
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Short Description
Short Description
A colorless pungent smelling liquid miscible with water and almost all normal organic solvents.
Product Description
Propionic acid is a colorless, oily, moderately toxic, and corrosive liquid with a sharp rancid odor and irritating vapor. It is flammable when exposed to heat. A colorless pungent smelling liquid miscible with water and almost all normal organic solvents.
Application
Propionic acid is used in adhesives, agriculture, food, and pharmaceutical chemicals, and to produce esters, salts, and other derivatives.
Technical Specifications
| PRODUCT NAME | : | PROPIONICACID |
| CAS number | : | 79-09-4 |
| UN number | : | 1848 |
| Formula | : | CH3CH2COOH |
| Odour | : | PUNGENT |
| Solubility in water | : | COMPLETE |
| Density | : | 0.99 at 20 oC |
| Boiling point | : | 141 oC |
| Melting point | : | -22 oC |
| Viscosity | : | 1.18 cp at 15 oC |
| Flashpoint | : | 54 oC |
| Explosive limits | : | 2.1 – 12 Vol% |
| Vapour pressure | : | 3.7 mbar at 20 oC |
| Skin absorption/irritation | : | YES |
| TLV Country NL Year 1995 | : | 10 ppm 30 mg/m3 |
| Pollution category 1994 | : | D |
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