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beta-Carotene

[product name] : beta-carotene
[sub-formula] : C40H56
[sub-volume] : 536.8
[characteristic] : pure product is dark red or dark red, shiny rhombic hexahedron or crystalline powder, unstable to oxygen, heat and light, is carotenoid.
[melting point] : 183℃
[specific rotation] : 105°(c=0.8, EtOH 25°c)
[water solubility] : soluble in carbon disulfide, benzene, chloroform. Insoluble in water, propylene glycol, glycerin, almost insoluble in methanol and ethanol.

 

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