Dipentaerythritol – Product description
Identification
Dipentaerythritol, the dimer of pentaerythritol, is a polyhydric alcohol containing 6 primary hydroxyl groups.
It is produced by ALDER S.p.A. of Trieste as a white crystalline powder.
Chemical formula
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| IUPAC name: | Di-(2,2 Bis-(Hydroxymethyl) 1,3 Propanediol)-ether |
| CAS : | 126-58-9 |
| EINECS: | 204-794-1 |
Sale specifications
| Spec. | Typical | Spec. | Typical | ||
| Dipentaerythritol content (1) | min 90 % | 92-95% | Melting point (final) | 205-225°C | 220-221°C |
| Monopentaerythritol content (1) | max 9% | 4-7% | Bulk density | 0.6 kg/lt | |
| Moisture content | max 1% | 0.5-1% | |||
| Ash content (as sodium sulphate) | max 0.2% | 0.01-0.1% | |||
| 1) Gaschromatographic analysis of the sylanized sample. | |||||
Packaging
ALDER dipentaerythritol is shipped from the ALDER plant in 20 Kg net paper multilayer bags on 1000 or 500 Kg net shrinkwrapped pallets or 500 Kg net waterproof, antistatic big bags with internal polyethylene liner bag.