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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 748<br />

NAME: Benzoic acid<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Beverages/ Margarine/ Bakery products/ Fish products/ Fruit juice, fruit pulp/ Jam/ Liquid egg, whole<br />

egg, egg yolk/ Mayonnaise/ Mustard/ Pickles, sauces, ketchup/ Sausage<br />

SYNONYMS: Benzenecarboxylic acid/ Phenylformic acid/ Dracylic acid/ E210/ CAS 65-85-0/ EINECS 200-618-2/<br />

FEMA 2131<br />

FORMULA: C7 H6 O2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 122.12<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Sodium benzoate, potassium benzoate, calcium benzoate<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystals, needles or scales, phenolic taste<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS @ 760mmHg: 249.2<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg): @ 400mmHg: 227.0<br />

@ 200mmHg: 205.8<br />

@ 100mmHg: 186.2<br />

@ 60mmHg: 172.8<br />

@ 40mmHg: 162.6<br />

@ 20mmHg: 146.7<br />

@ 10mmHg: 132.1<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 122.4<br />

FLASH POINT IN °C: 121–131<br />

IONISATION CONSTANT AT 25°C: 6.4 E-5<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 1.2659<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/L:

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