Category:indirect food additives: adhesives and components of coatings
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 1.00000 @ 25.00 °C.
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Flash Point: | > 230.00 °F. TCC ( > 110.00 °C. )
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Organoleptic Properties:
Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Connect Chemicals |
PTMEG
Odor: characteristic Use: PTMEG is a liquid to waxy, white solid that melts to a clear, colorless, viscous liquid over a wide temperature range near room temperature.
PTMEG reacts with isocyanates to form a variety of modern polymers, mainly polyurethanes (PU), which are used in numerous end use applications, such as: wheels and tires, industrial belts, tanks and pipe linings, shoe and apparel coatings, water valves, mining parts waterborne coatings, medical devices, construction floor and roof coatings, automotive and aviation hoses and gaskets. |
LyondellBasell Industries |
Polymeg polyols
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Safety Information:
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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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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-mouse LD > 10000 mg/kg Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv. Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. For English translation, see TNICS*. Vol. 14, Pg. 145, 1975.
oral-rat LDLo 5000 mg/kg GASTROINTESTINAL: "HYPERMOTILITY, DIARRHEA"
BEHAVIORAL: SOMNOLENCE (GENERAL DEPRESSED ACTIVITY)
LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: DYSPNEA National Technical Information Service. Vol. OTS0571205
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | indirect food additives: adhesives and components of coatings |
Recommendation for polytetrahydrofuran linear-chain polymer usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Recommendation for polytetrahydrofuran linear-chain polymer flavor usage levels up to: |
| not for flavor use.
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Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
FDA Indirect Additives used in Food Contact Substances: | View |
HMDB (The Human Metabolome Database): | Search |
Export Tariff Code: | 3907.20.0000 |
EFSA Update of results on the monitoring of furan levels in food: | Read Report |
EFSA Previous report: Results on the monitoring of furan levels in food: | Read Report |
EFSA Report of the CONTAM Panel on provisional findings on furan in food: | Read Report |
Potential Blenders and core components note
Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| polytetramethylene ether glycol | | polytetramethylene glycol | | terathane 1000 polyether glycol | | terathane 1400 polyether glycol | | terathane 2000 polyether glycol | | terathane 2900 polyether glycol | | terathane 650 polyether glycol |
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