Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Flavor Family
- Flavor Ingredient Class
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Tilley Product Number
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Applicable Processes
- Applications
- ALFOL® 8 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® 8 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 130 - - Total Alcohol Weight 99.5 % - C₆OH and Lower Content max. 0.5 - - C₈OH Content 98.6 - - C₁OH and Higher Content max. 0.5 - - Water Content max. 0.1 wt% - Hydroxyl Number 424 - 434 mg KOH/g - Carbonyl (As C=O) max. 80 ppm - Acid Value max. 0.1 - - Iodine Number max. 0.2 - - Saponification Number max. 0.04 - - Color 10.0 APHA - Specific Gravity (at 60°F) 0.8293 - - Flash Point 82.2 °C - Melting Range - 17 to - 16 °C - Boiling Range 193.8 - 196.1 °C - Viscosity (at 38°C) 6 cSt - Vapor Pressure (at 21°C) 0.04 mmHg - Vapor Density (at Air = 1) 4.5 - -