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Sodium Benzoate
Molecular formula/Structural formula:C7H6O2
Properties:
Descriptors: acid scaly or needle crystal, with the smell of benzene and formaldehyde, flammable.Relative density 1.2659.Melting point is 122.4 ¡æ, boiling point 249 ¡æ, the refractive index of 1.504.Steam volatile.Flash point (closed cup) 121-123 ¡æ.Slightly soluble in water, soluble in ethanol, methanol, diethyl ether, chloroform, benzene, toluene, carbon disulfide, carbon tetrachloride and turpentine.
Application:
1. Mainly used as food preservatives, also used in drug, dye, etc
2. Used in the pharmaceutical industry and plant genetic research, also used as a dye intermediates, fungicide and preservatives
3. The goods used as a food additive (preservative), pharmaceutical industry of fungicide, plasticizer mordant dye industry, plastic industry, also used as spices and other organic synthesis intermediates.