Stability against base contamination

Health nd Safety Factors. Although propargyl alcohol is stable, violent reactions can occur in the presence of contaminants, particularly at elevated temperatures. Heating in undiluted form with bases or strong acids should be avoided. Weak acids have been used to stabilize propargyl alcohol prior to distillation. Since its flash point is low, the usual precautions against ignition of vapors should be observed. 

This indicates that polymeric stabilizers having M > 800 have high resistance against extraction by components of foods, and, moreover, they do not enter into the metabolic cycle. Public concern over the contamination of the human environment can be thus satisfied. As a consequence, stabilizers like Poly AO-79 (97), Chimassorb 944 (161a) or Tinuvin 622 (146) may be legally used in stabilization of polymers in contact with food. Possibilities for application of other polymeric stabilizers for articles used in the home are open. Extractability problems may be thus overcome. Articles made from weather resistant butadiene based multiphase systems like ABS, MBS or MABS [84] stabilized in the most sensitive BR phase with polymer bound stabilizers may serve as an example. 

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