Calcium Acetate

Name:
Calcium Acetate
Detailed information:

Chemistry name:	calcium diacetate
M Formula:	Ca(CH3COO)2•H2O
Properties:
Brown, gray, or white (when pure) powder, amorphous or crystalline; slightly bitter taste, slight odor of acetic acid; decomposes on heating. Soluble in water; slightly soluble inalcohol. Combustible.
Derivation:
Action of pyroligneous acid on calcium hydroxide; the solution, on being filtered and evaporated to dryness, yields gray acetate of lime.
Grade:
Technical (80% basis), reagent, CP, pure, brown, gray, FCC.
Use:
Manufacture of acetone, acetic acid, acetates, mordant in dyeing and printing of textiles, stabilizer in resins, additive to calcium soap lubricants, food additive (as antimold agent inbakery goods, sausage casings), corrosion inhibitor.