Span 60

430.62

430.329439

6820761

215-664-9

TSCA listed

DTXSID1027396

Cream coloured flakes

34021300

96.2

4.27260

DryPowder, OtherSolid; PelletsLargeCrystals

1.00

54-57 °C(lit.)

464.84°C (rough estimate)

>230 °F

1.4593 (estimate)

Soluble in ethanol (50 mg/ml), isopropanol, mineral oil and vegetable oil. Insoluble in water.

Store below +30°C.

<1.4 hPa (20 °C)

LD50 orally in Rabbit: 15900 mg/kg

Non flammable

Slight

BLAND TASTE

13.63[at 20 ℃]

HLB NUMBER 4.7; ACID NUMBER 5-10; SAPONIFICATION NUMBER 147-157; HYDROXYL NUMBER 235-260

Store below +30°C.

1

36/37/38

24/25

WG2933500

Stable. Combustible. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

36/37/38

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

Sorbitan monostearate is a food additive permitted in feed and drinking water of animals.|Sorbitan monostearate is a food additive permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption as a synthetic flavoring substance and adjuvant in accordance with the following conditions: a) they are used in the minimum quantity required to produce their intended effect, and otherwise in accordance with all the principles of good manufacturing practice, and 2) they consist of one or more of the following, used alone or in combination with flavoring substances and adjuvants generally recognized as safe in food, prior-sanctioned for such use, or regulated by an appropriate section in this part.|Sorbitan monostearate is a diluent in color additive mixtures for drug use exempt from certification.

Not Classified

A skin irritant.

LD50 Rat oral 31 g/kg

ACGIH: TWA 10 mg/m3; TWA 3 mg/m3

The formulation and characterization of a novel anhydrous organogel formulated as a potential delivery vehicle from a solution of 2 nonionic surfactants, sorbitan monostearate (Span 60) and polysorbate 20 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate; Tween 20), in hexadecane at 60DGC, which cools to a white, semi-solid, thermoreversible gel at room temperature, are described. The addition of an aqueous phase (water or niosome suspensions) up to 17% v/v to the oil phase at 60DGC produced water-in-oil and vesicle-in-water-in-oil systems, respectively. The release rate of hydrophilic solute from these gels was found to be lowest when a disperse system of spherical water droplets in the continuous oil phase was formed at high temperatures, compared to the faster release from the gel where the fibril structures acted as nearly continuous aqueous channels running through the organic medium, providing a means of traversing the oil phase.

1. 1= PRACTICALLY NON-TOXIC: PROBABLE ORAL LETHAL DOSE (HUMAN) ABOVE 15 G/KG, MORE THAN 1 QT FOR 70 KG PERSON (150 LB).

WHEN DIGESTED, BOTH THE FATTY ACID AND THE POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL SORBITAN ARE ABSORBED, BUT THE LATTER IS COMPLETELY EXCRETED IN URINE.

...MAN HAS BEEN FED WITH IMPUNITY SINGLE DOSES OF 20 G OR DAILY DOSES OF 6 G FOR 1 MONTH.|Sorbitan monostearate increased gastric motility in two individuals given high single oral doses. Some indication of weak skin sensitization potential has been observed in man.

sorbitan monostearate

A TYPICAL FLUID EMULSION SHORTENING FORMULATION CONTAINS 1.45% SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE. /FROM TABLE/|GRADES: TECHNICAL; FCC

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting|Sorbitan, monooctadecanoate: ACTIVE|/IT IS/ A FOOD ADDITIVE PERMITTED IN FEED & DRINKING WATER OF ANIMALS AND/OR FOR TREATMENT OF FOOD PRODUCING ANIMALS; /IT IS/ ALSO PERMITTED IN FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.|...SURFACTANTS /LIKE SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE/ ARE FREQUENTLY USED /IN BAKING/ IN CONJUNCTION WITH MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES & WITH EACH OTHER.|OF THE SEVERAL EMULSIFIERS AVAILABLE FOR BAKERS' CAKES, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE & POLYOXYETHYLENE SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE HAVE BEEN FOUND ESP EFFECTIVE. THESE EMULSIFIERS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS EMPLOYED IN COMBINATION TO GAIN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN CAKE QUALITY.|VOL & TEXTURE /OF CAKES/ ARE AIDED BY INCLUSION OF SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE & POLYSORBATE 60...|For more General Manufacturing Information (Complete) data for SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE (6 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

GRAVIMETRIC METHOD, APPLICABLE TO SHORTENING AND FOOD OILS.

EPA Safer Chemical Functional Use Classes -> Surfactants|Safer Chemical Classes -> Green circle - The chemical has been verified to be of low concern|Cosmetics -> Emulsifying

Food Additives -> EMULSIFIER;