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Butylated Hydroxytoluene
Physical Description
Descriptions:
- Butylated hydroxytoluene is a white crystalline solid. (ntp, 1992)
- Dry powder; Water or solvent wet solid; Liquid; Other solid; Liquid, other solid; Pellets or large crystals, liquid, other solid; Pellets or large crystals; Pellets or large crystals, liquid
Color/Form: White, crystalline solid
Odor: Very faint, musty, occasional cresylic-type odor
Molecular Information
Molecular Formula:
C15H24O
Molecular Weight:
220.35 g/mol
Core Physical Values
Density: 1.048 g/cm³ at 20 °C
Vapor Density: 1 Relative (Air = 1) – Same as air.
Vapor Pressure: 0 mmHg at 20 °C
Boiling Point: 265 °C
Melting Point: 70 °C
Flash Point: 126.7 °C
Solubilities
- 400 mg/L in Water at 20 °C
- Freely soluble in toluene; soluble in methanol, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, cellosolve, benzene, most hydrocarbon solvents, ethanol, petroleum ether, liquid petrolatum (white oil): 0.5% wt/wt; more sol in food oils and fats than butylated hydroxyanisol; good solubility in linseed oil. Insoluble in propylene glycol
Decomposition
- Hazardous decomposition products formed under fire conditions - Carbon oxides.
- When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and fumes.
Other Properties
Refractive Index: 1.4859 at 75 °C
Chemical Classes:
- Drugs
- Cosmetics
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Food Additives
- Fragrances
- Polymers
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