Chemistry name: | sodium silicoaluminate |
M Formula: | Na2O:Al2O3:SiO2 |
Properties: | |
Fine, white, amorphous powder or beads; odorless and tasteless. Insoluble in water and in alcohol and other organic solvents; at 80–100C is partially soluble in strong acids and solutions of alkali hydroxides, pH of a 20% slurry is between 6.5 and 10.5. Noncombustible. | |
Grade: | |
Technical, FCC. | |
Use: | |
Anticaking agent in food preparations (up to 2%). | |