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Flour Additives 540
NAME: Chlorine
CATEGORY: Flour additive
FOOD USE: Cakemaking flour
SYNONYMS: 925 (no E prefix)
FORMULA: Cl2
MOLECULAR MASS: 70.91
PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Clear yellow liquid when packed under pressure, which on vaporising gives a greenish-yellow gas
BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS -34.05
PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760 mm Hg):
MELTING RANGE IN °C: -101
DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.41 (liquid) at 6.86 atmospheres
TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:
VAPOUR PRESSURE AT VARIOUS At 16°C, 3666
TEMPERATURES IN mm Hg
(E.G. AT 20°C IN mm Hg; AT 120°C IN mm Hg):
PURITY %: 99.5 minimum
WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 0.01
HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 30
ppm:
ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3
ASH MAXIMUM IN %: 0.02