Product Description
Benzyl Alcohol is an alcohol with mild pleasant aromatic odor and colorless appearance. It is used as a solvent due to its features like polarity, low toxicity, and low vapor pressure. This aromatic alcohol occurs naturally in various plants as well as can be produced synthetically in a laboratory. It is widely used as a solvent for inks, waxes, shellacs, paints, lacquers, and epoxy resin coatings. As it is aromatic in nature, this alcohol is used in the soap, perfume, and flavor industries. It is an antimicrobial agent and helps in healing of damaged skin.
Specifications:
1) Appearance & character: Colorless transparent liquid; Faint fragrant and burning scent; Oxidized to benzaidehyde and benzoic acid after placed in the air for long time, so it can have bitter apricot kernel scent.
2) Boiling point: 205.4°C
3) Melting point: -15.3°C
4) Self-ignition point: 435°C
5) Specific gravity(20°C): 1.0455
6) Refractive Index (ηD20): 1.5395
7) Solubility: Soluble in water with 1:30, miscible with alcohol, chloroform and with fatty and essential oils.
8) Classification: Alcohol
9) CAS No.: 100-51-6
10) Molecular Formula: C7H8O
11) EINECS No.: 202-859-9
12) Grade Standard: Medicine Grade, Perfumery Grade
13) Purity: 99.95% min
Applications: Benzyl alcohol is a kind of very useful perfume fixative. It is an indispensable spice when jasmine, tuberose or ylang is mixed, and used to compound soap and daily cosmetics.
Benzyl Alcohol FFC
- CAS NO: [100-51-6]
- Molecular Weight: 108.14
- Molecular Formula: C7H8O
Specification
Parameters | Specifications |
Appearance | Colorless liquid |
Odour | Faintly Aromatic |
Weight Per ml | 1.040 to 1.050 |
Acid Value | 0.2 Max |
Purity As Benzyl Alcohol | NLT 99.0 % |
Presence of Chlorinated Compounds | Free From Chlorine |
Aldehydes | Max 0.5 % |