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Category: extraction solvents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 0.64000 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Melting Point: | 5.50 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg (est)
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| Boiling Point: | 25.00 to 105.00 °C. @ 0.00 mm Hg
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| Vapor Pressure: | 94.800000 mmHg @ 94.80 °C. (est) |
| Flash Point: | -57.00 °F. TCC ( -49.44 °C. )
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| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | petroleum |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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| Classification of the substance or mixture |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
| None found. |
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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
intravenous-mouse LD50 40 mg/kg Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal Vol. 7, Pg. 765, 1973.
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
inhalation-rat LC50 3400 ppm/4H BEHAVIORAL: MUSCLE WEAKNESS
BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Vol. 32, Pg. 263, 1975.
inhalation-mouse LCLo 153000 mg/m3/31M BEHAVIORAL: SOMNOLENCE (GENERAL DEPRESSED ACTIVITY)
BEHAVIORAL: CHANGES IN MOTOR ACTIVITY (SPECIFIC ASSAY) Biochemische Zeitschrift. Vol. 115, Pg. 235, 1921.
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | extraction solvents |
| Recommendation for petroleum ether usage levels up to: | | | not for fragrance use.
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| Recommendation for petroleum ether flavor usage levels up to: |
| | not for flavor use.
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Other Information:
| FDA Indirect Additives used in Food Contact Substances: | View |
| CHEBI: | View |
| CHEMBL: | View |
| HMDB (The Human Metabolome Database): | HMDB01505 |
| Export Tariff Code: | 2901.10.4000 |
Formulations/Preparations: •nitration grade > 99% purity.
•"benzol 90" contains 80-85% benzene, 13-15% toluene, 2-3% xylene.
•commercial grades of benzene: refined benzene-535 (free of h2s and so2, 1 ppm max thiophene, 0.15% max nonaromatics); refined benzene-485, nitration-grade (free of h2s and so2); industrial-grade benzene (free of h2s and so2)
•grade: crude, straw color; motor; industrial pure (2c); nitration (1c); thiophene-free; 99 mole%; 99.94 mole%; nanograde.
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Synonyms:
| | ligroine | | | mineral spirits | | | petroleum spirits | | | varnish makers' & painters' naphtha | | | VM & P naphtha |
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