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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Gases 564<br />

NAME: Nitrous oxide<br />

CATEGORY: Packaging gas<br />

SYNONYMS: Nitrogen monoxide/ Nitrogen oxide/ Dinitrogen monoxide/ Laughing gas/ CAS 10024-97-2<br />

FORMULA: N2 O<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 44.01<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: Colourless gas, slightly sweet odour<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS -88<br />

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

MELTING RANGE IN °C: -91<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.97<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

PURITY %: 99<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 150 mg/m 3<br />

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

in water: @ 20°C 70 @ 50°C Soluble @ 100°C Soluble<br />

in vegetable oil: @ 20°C Soluble @ 50°C Soluble @ 100°C Soluble<br />

in sucrose solution: @ 10% Soluble @ 40% Soluble @ 60% Soluble<br />

in sodium chloride solution: @ 5% Soluble @ 10% Soluble @ 15% Soluble<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 5% Freely soluble @ 20% Freely soluble @ 95% Freely soluble<br />

@ 100% Freely soluble<br />

in propylene glycol: @ 20°C Freely soluble @ 50°C Freely soluble @ 100°C Freely soluble<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Direct food additive; propellant; aerating agent; gas. Used in dairy products

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