Category: extraction solvents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 99.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.68400 @ 25.00 °C.
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Melting Point: | -92.00 to -91.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 98.00 to 99.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 27.00 to 28.00 °C. @ 50.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 45.207001 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 30.00 °F. TCC ( -1.11 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 4.660 |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, 3.554 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) | | water, 3.4 mg/L @ 25 °C (exp) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Description:
| sweet ethereal |
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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: |
intravenous-mouse LD50 222 mg/kg Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol. 67, Pg. 566, 1978.
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
inhalation-rat LC50 103000 mg/m3/4H Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. Vol. 32(10), Pg. 23, 1988.
inhalation-guinea pig LC > 17937 ppm/4H National Technical Information Service. Vol. OTS0556754
inhalation-human TCLo 1000 ppm/6M BEHAVIORAL: "HALLUCINATIONS, DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS" "U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation No. 2979," Patty, F.A., and W.P. Yant, 1929Vol. 2979, Pg. -, 1929.
inhalation-mouse LCLo 59000 mg/m3/41M BEHAVIORAL: CONVULSIONS OR EFFECT ON SEIZURE THRESHOLD Biochemische Zeitschrift. Vol. 115, Pg. 235, 1921.
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | extraction solvents |
Recommendation for heptane usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Recommendation for heptane flavor usage levels up to: |
| not for flavor use.
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| dipropyl methane | | dipropylmethane | | gettysolve-C | N- | heptane | | heptanes [UN1206] [Flammable liquid] | | heptyl hydride | | skellysolve C |
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