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BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO.

128-37-0

EINECS NO.

204-881-4

FORMULA

C6H2(OH)(CH3)[C(CH3)3]2

MOL WT.

220.34

H.S. CODE

2907.19

SYNONYMS

2,6-Di-tert-Butyl-4-Methylphenol BHT

2,6-Di-tert-Butyl-1-Hydroxy-4-Methylbenzene 3,5-Di-tert-Butyl-4-Hydroxytoluene 4-Hydroxy-3,5-Di-tert-Butyltoluene Dibutylated Hydroxytoluene 4-Methyl-2,6-di-t-butyl-phenol 2,6-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-p-kresol (Dutch).

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

White crystals or crystalline powder

MELTING POINT

71 C

BOILING POINT

265 C

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1.048

STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions

GENERAL DESCRIPTION & APPLICATIONS

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), chemically 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol (DBPC), is a white crystalline solid with a faint characteristic odor. Used as an antioxidant in plastics, elastomers and petroleum (lubes, greases and waxes), practically bigger market size than food field, also used as a stabilizer to inhibit the auto-polymerization of organic peroxides.

SALES SPECIFICATION ( FOOD GRADE )

APPEARANCE

White crystals or crystalline powder

MELTING POINT

69 - 70 C

MOISTURE

0.1% max

SULFATE

0.002% max

HEAVY METALS

0.0004% max

As

0.0001% max

FREE CRESOL

0.02% max

TRANSPORTATION

PACKING

25kgs in bag

HAZARD CLASS

 

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