[Supply of Sorbitol] Specific physical and chemical properties of sorbitol

Sorbitol, also known as sorbitol. It is white hygroscopic powder or crystalline powder, flakes or granules, odorless. In the food industry, it is mostly sorbitol liquid with a content of 69~71%. Sorbitol liquid is a clear, colorless, syrupy liquid with a sweet taste, neutral to litmus, and miscible with water, glycerin and propylene glycol. Can be used as nutritive sweetener, humectant, chelating agent and stabilizer.

The specific physical and chemical properties of sorbitol are as follows:

Chemical formula: C6H14O6

Molecular weight: 182.172

Density: 1.596g/cm3

Melting point: 95-99°C

Boiling point: 494.9°Cat760mmHg

Flash point: 292.5°C

Water solubility: SOLUBLE

Vapor pressure: 7.22E-12mmHgat25°C

Refractive index: 1.597

Physicochemical properties: white odorless crystalline powder, with Sweet and hygroscopic.

Melting point: 97℃

Relative density: 1.489

Refractive index: 1.3477 (10% aqueous solution)

Solubility: soluble in Water (235g/100g water, 25℃), glycerol, propylene glycol, slightly soluble in methanol, ethanol, acetic acid, phenol and acetamide solutions. Virtually insoluble in most other organic solvents