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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Preservatives 800<br />

NAME: Sodium nitrite<br />

CATEGORY: Antimicrobial preservative<br />

FOOD USE: Cured meats/ Meat products/ Fish products<br />

SYNONYMS: Nitrous acid sodium salt/ E250/ CAS 7632-00-0/ EINECS 231-555-9<br />

FORMULA: Na NO2<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 69.00<br />

ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Potassium nitrite<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White or slightly yellow hygroscopic granules rods or powder<br />

BOILING POINT IN °C AT VARIOUS decomposes @ 320<br />

PRESSURES (INCLUDING 760mmHg):<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 271<br />

DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER 2.168<br />

TEMPERATURES) IN g/l:<br />

PURITY % 97<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 0.25<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 0.002%, not more than 10ppm Pb<br />

ppm:<br />

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

in water: @ 15°C 81.5 @ 100°C 163<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 20% 0.3 @ 100% 3.0<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Antimicrobial preservative; colour fixative; flavour enhancer

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