Anticaking compounds

Salt has been a precious commodity throughout most of human history. Rome s armies were paid in salt, which Mral is the origin of the word salary. Salt is a seasoning, an essential nutrient, and a very important preservative. Table salt is sodium chloride combined with iodine sources (for nutrition), stabilizers for the iodine, and anticaking compounds to prevent it from absorbing water from the air so it can pour freely. 

Anticaking agents -as food additives [FOOD ADDITIVES] (Vol 11) -silica as [SILICA - INTRODUCTION] (Vol21) -for sodium chloride [SODIUM COMPOUNDS - SOD IUMHALIDES - SODIUM CHLORIDE] (Vol22)... 

Amorphous silicates are considered safe additions to foods, and therefore their use as anticaking agents, for example, is permitted in amounts up to 2% by weight. Water-soluble silicates are also of low toxicity studies of the effects of feeding various silicon compounds to laboratory animals have generally shown the substances to be innocuous under the test conditions. Likewise, the available data on orally administered silicates in humans substantiate the biological inertness of these compounds (Carlisle 1997). 

Plastmnag . [Morton bti.] Oil-dispersed magnesium oxide chemical thickener for polyester resins anticaking agent used in syn. rubber compounding, adhesives, fuel oil additives, and as add acceptor for specialty plastics. 

The yellow prussiate of soda Na4[Fe(CN)6] has been added to table salt as an anticaking agent. Why have there been no apparent toxic effects, even though this compound contains cyano ligands ... 

The anticaking agent added to Morton salt is calcium silicate, CaSi03. This compound can absorb up to... 

The anticaking agent added to Morton salt is calcium silicate (CaSiOs). This compound can absorb up to 2.5 times its mass of water and still remain a free-flowing powder. Calculate the percent composition of CaSiO. ... 

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