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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Acetone |
| Synonym(s) |
Dimethyl ketone
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1998 (Session 51)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Propan-2-one
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| JECFA number |
139 |
| CAS number |
67-64-1
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| FEMA number |
3326
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| COE number |
737
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
58.08 |
| Chemical formula |
C3H6O
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| Physical form/odour |
clear, colourless, volatile with a characteristic odour |
| Solubility |
miscible with water, alcohol, ether, chroroform and most fixed oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
56 |
| Assay min % |
99.5 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.356-1.360 |
| Specific gravity |
0.790-0.793 (20° ) |
| Other requirements |
Acidity: =<0.002%; Aldehydes: =<0.002%; Distillation Range: 55.1-57.1°C; Methanol: =<0.05%; Nonvolatile Residue: =<0.001%; Water: =<0.5%; Phenols: =<0.001%; Pb: =<1 mg/kg |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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