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Poultry and Animal Feed Additive-97
PROPIONIC ACID
SKU: RXSOL-19-1429-210
Propionic acid is a colorless, oily, moderately toxic, and corrosive liquid with a sharp rancid odor and irritating vapor. It is flammable when exposed to heat.
Application
Propionic acid is used in adhesives, agriculture, food, and pharmaceutical chemicals, and to produce esters, salts, and other derivatives.
Technical Specification
| PRODUCT NAME | : | PROPIONICACID |
| CAS number | : | 79-09-4 |
| UN number | : | 1848 |
| Formula | : | CH3CH2COOH |
| Odour | : | PUNGENT |
| Solubility in water | : | COMPLETE |
| Density | : | 0.99 at 20 oC |
| Boiling point | : | 141 oC |
| Melting point | : | -22 oC |
| Viscosity | : | 1.18 cp at 15 oC |
| Flashpoint | : | 54 oC |
| Explosive limits | : | 2.1 – 12 Vol% |
| Vapour pressure | : | 3.7 mbar at 20 oC |
| Skin absorption/irritation | : | YES |
| TLV Country NL Year 1995 | : | 10 ppm 30 mg/m3 |
| Pollution category 1994 | : | D |