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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Ethanol |
| Synonym(s) |
Ethyl alcohol |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Ethanol |
| JECFA number |
41 |
| CAS number |
64-17-5 |
| FEMA number |
2419 |
| COE number |
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| Molecular weight |
46.07 |
| Chemical formula |
C2H6O |
| Physical form/odour |
Clear, colourless, mobile liquid with a characteristic odour and a burning taste |
| Solubility |
Soluble in water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
78° |
| Assay min % |
95% |
| Acid value max |
0.003 |
| Refractive index |
1.364 |
| Specific gravity |
< 0.810 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
 
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