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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Antioxidants 100<br />

NAME: Tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ)<br />

CATEGORY: Antioxidant<br />

FOOD USE: Dry cereals/ Edible fats/ Margarine/ Pizza toppings/ Potato chips/ Poultry/ Dried meats/ Sausages/ Beef<br />

patties/ Vegetable oils<br />

SYNONYMS: 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,4-benzenediol/ mono-t-butyl hydroquinone/ Sustane ® TBHQ/ Tenox ® TBHQ<br />

FORMULA: (CH3)3 C C6H3 (OH)2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 166.22<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White to tan colour solid crystals, having a characteristic odour<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS 295<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 126.5–128.5<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: 171<br />

PURITY %: 99<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C

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