Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
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- Chemical Name
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- Technologies
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Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Base Chemicals End Uses
- Applications
- ALFOL® 6 Alcohol can be used as a high purity feedstock for all of the chemical reactions in which primary alcohols are routinely employed.
- In addition, ALFOL® 6 Alcohol can be used directly in numerous personal care and technical formulations. Some of Sasol North America’s ALFOL® alcohols meet the FDA specification for use in Direct and Indirect Food Contact Applications.
Properties
- Color (Properties)
- Physical Form
- Insoluble in
- Water
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Average Molecular Weight 102 - - Total Alcohol Weight min. 98.5 % - C₄OH and Lower Content 0.5 - - C₆OH Content min. 98 - - C₈OH and Higher Content 1.5 - - Water Content max. 0.1 wt% - Hydroxyl Number 544 - 550 mg KOH/g - Carbonyl (As C=O) max. 50 ppm - Acid Value max. 0.1 - - Iodine Number 0.2 - - Saponification Number max. 0.04 - - Color 10.0 APHA - Specific Gravity (at 60°F) 0.8232 - - Flash Point 61.1 °C - Melting Range -45 °C - Boiling Range 156.1 - 157.7 °C - Viscosity (at 38°C) 3.5 cSt - Vapor Pressure (at 21°C) 0.5 mmHg - Vapor Density (at Air = 1) 4.5 - -