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tcchandran
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Properties of Industrial and Food Grade hexane

09/20/2008 10:52 PM

What is the main difference in properties and chemical constituents between Industrial Hexane and Food Grade Hexane? Which is cheaper and why?
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Re: Properties of Industrial and Food Grade hexane

09/20/2008 11:19 PM

I don't know about pricing but here are the properties:

Food Grade Hexane

Polymer Grade


Standard Grade
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Re: Properties of Industrial and Food Grade hexane

09/21/2008 12:29 AM

Dear Guest,

Thank you very much for your fast response. The info.was very useful.

I am interested to know, normally, among the three grades of hexane which one undergoes the most processing and refining? This will give some ideas of comparison of prices.Thanks
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09/21/2008 10:56 PM

You will notice that the food-grade hexane has <1/3 of the benzene that the standard product has. This may not be the only difference, but it is an important one, since benzene is a carcinogen.

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Re: Properties of Industrial and Food Grade hexane

01/30/2010 2:02 AM

what is the limited amount of benzen in foodgrade hexane? thank you for your concern
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Re: Properties of Industrial and Food Grade hexane

09/22/2008 6:02 AM

Because of more refinement in processing for higher purity, food grade ANYTHING is more expensive than industrial grade.

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