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Category: anticaking agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | white fine powder (est) |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 2.90000 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Flash Point: | 32.00 °F. TCC ( 0.00 °C. ) (est)
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| logP (o/w): | 0.651 (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | odorless |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
| Preferred SDS: View |
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| Hazards identification |
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| Classification of the substance or mixture |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
| None found. |
| GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | anticaking agents |
| Recommendation for calcium silicate usage levels up to: | | | not for fragrance use.
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| Recommendation for calcium silicate flavor usage levels up to: |
| | not for flavor use.
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Safety References:
| European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Calcium silicate and silicon dioxide/silicic acid gel added for nutritional purposes to food supplements View page or View pdf |
en/efsajournal/pub/5375 View page or View pdf |
| NIOSH International Chemical Safety Cards: | search |
| NIOSH Pocket Guide: | search |
| Cancer Citations: | Search |
| Toxicology Citations: | Search |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 1344-95-2 |
| EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 14941 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| WGK Germany: | 3 |
| | dicalcium silicate |
| Chemidplus: | 0001344952 |
| RTECS: | 1344-95-2 |
References:
Other Information:
| (IUPAC): | Atomic Weights of the Elements 2011 (pdf) |
| Videos: | The Periodic Table of Videos |
| tgsc: | Atomic Weights use for this web site |
| (IUPAC): | Periodic Table of the Elements |
| FDA Substances Added to Food (formerly EAFUS): | View |
| FDA Indirect Additives used in Food Contact Substances: | View |
| KEGG (GenomeNet): | D03309 |
| HMDB (The Human Metabolome Database): | Search |
| FooDB: | FDB013328 |
| Export Tariff Code: | 2839.90.0000 |
| FDA Listing of Food Additive Status: | View |
| ChemSpider: | View |
| Wikipedia: | View |
Formulations/Preparations: •the fda reported 132 formulations containing calcium silicate in 1998, of which 30% of the formulations were face powders.
•grades: fine, medium paint grades. wollastonite
•precipitates of hydrated calcium silicates, silicon dioxide, etc are available under trade names silikil, syloid. silicates
•trade names for wollastonite include: cab-o-lite; casiflux; f1; fw50; fw200; fw325; kemolite; ny ad; nyad g; nycor; tremin; vansil; wic1o; wic40; wollastocoat; wollastokup.
•wollastonite
•vilnite
•tabular spar
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Potential Blenders and core components note
Potential Uses:
| | absorbents | |
| | opacifying agents | |
| | viscosity controlling agents | |
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| | calcium monosilicate | | | calcium orthosilicate | | | dicalcium orthosilicate | | | dicalcium silicate | | | florite R | | | marimet 45 | | | micro-cel A | | | microcal 160 | | | silicic acid calcium salt | | | silmos T | | | starlex L | | | toyofine A | | | wollastonite (mineral) |
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