Food additives data book - wordpres

Colourings 258
NAME: Red iron oxide
CATEGORY: Food colour
FOOD USE: Confectionery coatings/ Pet foods/ Canned foods
SYNONYMS: E172/ C.I. 77491 (Pigment Red 101 and 102)/ Iron oxide red/ Anhydrous ferric oxide/ Anhydrous iron
(III) oxide
FORMULA: Fe2 O3
MOLECULAR MASS: 159.70
ALTERNATIVE FORMS: N/A
PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Red powder
BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS N/A
PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):
MELTING RANGE IN °C: N/A
FLASH POINT IN °C: N/A
IONISATION CONSTANT AT 25°C: N/A
DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER N/A
TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:
HEAT OF COMBUSTION AT 25°C IN J/kg: N/A
VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS N/A
TEMPERATURES IN mm Hg:
PURITY %: Not less than 60% total iron, expressed as iron
WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: N/A