https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq en-us 2016-05-06 15:43:51 UTC 2024-08-31 07:00:57 UTC hello@padlet.com damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/109639886 Benzoic Acid is a white crystalline solid. Slightly solublein water. The primary hazard is the potential for environment damage if released. Used to make other chemicals, as a food preservative, and for other uses. Benzoic acid appears naturally in plants. With calcium hydroxide in water, using iron or iron salt as catalyst. The resulting calcium benzoate is converted to benzoic acid with hydrochloric acid. It is also one of the chemical compounds found in castoreum. This compound is gathered from the castor sacs of the North American Beaver.]]> 2016-05-06 16:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/109639886 damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/109642534             Chemical formula-C7H6O2
                                            -7 carbon atoms
                                            -6 hydrogen atoms 
                                            -2 oxygen atoms 

]]> 2016-05-06 16:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/109642534 damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110216208 Benzoic acid was discovered in the 16th century. Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler determined the structure of benzoic acid in 1832. In 1875 scientists discovered the antifungal abilities of benzoic acid, which was used for a long time in the preservation of benzoate. The substance received its name from gum benzoin, the plant from whose resin it was first derived. In the 19th century, benzoic acid was synthesized from coal tar. Today it is manufactured from toluene, a petroleum byproduct.]]> 2016-05-10 23:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110216208 damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110283379 Benzoic acid is a white scales or needle crystals, with a odorless smell, and bitter taste. It has a boiling point of 249.2 °C and a melting point of 122.4 °C. It's solubility is in water and has a density of  1.3 g/cm³. And when heated to decompose it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
Benzoic acid is rated at 2.8 in the ph scale. ]]> 2016-05-11 09:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110283379 damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110287280 Since the 16th century  benzoic acid is used regularly in food preservation, the treatment of bacterial infections, and combined with other chemicals to create products like repellants and perfumes. The benzoic acid in the medicine actually prevents infections. Benzoic acid is combined with chloride and phosphorus to make chemicals, most of which are poisonous. Benzoic acid also goes into artificial flavors as well as perfume. Benzoic acid can also be safe to consume in small doses in preserved foods. ]]> 2016-05-11 10:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110287280 damianr1029 https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110305445 Benzoic acid is detected in car exhaust gases, and in Japanese cigarettes. So in somecases  it can be a useful resource while in other cases it can be a major cost and may led to death. It can be useful by preserving food products. But can be harmful in cigarettes which in many cases can result to death unless treated.]]> 2016-05-11 12:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/damianr1029/2ef9uyql4mxq/wish/110305445