PROPIONIC ACID LR
Propionic acid (PA) is used as a preservative in foods such as cheeses,
baked goods, or additive for artificial fruit flavors.
Propionic acid is used in the manufacture of herbicides, fine chemical intermediates, rubber chemicals, emulsions, and environmentally friendly solvents for coating formulations, artificial fruit flavors, pharmaceuticals, and modified synthetic cellulose fibers (e.g., cellulose acetate propionate).
It is a colourless oily liquid with a rancid smell that produces irritating vapour. Propionic acid is a short-chain saturated fatty acid that consists of ethane attached to the carbon of a carboxy group