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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Isopropyl alcohol |
| Synonym(s) |
Isopropanol
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1998 (Session 51)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Propan-2-ol
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| JECFA number |
277 |
| CAS number |
67-63-0
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| FEMA number |
2929
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| COE number |
-
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
60.1 |
| Chemical formula |
C3H8O
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| Physical form/odour |
clear, colourless, flammable liquid with a characteristic odour |
| Solubility |
miscible with water, alcohol, ether and organic solvents |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
82.0-82.4 |
| Assay min % |
99.7 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.374-1.380 |
| Specific gravity |
0.785 (20°) |
| Other requirements |
Acidity: =<10 mg /kg; Distillation Range: 81.3-83.3°C; Nonvolatile Residue: =<10 mg /kg; Water: =<0.2%; Pb: =<1 mg /kg |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/277.gif
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