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Shellac

Shellac structure

Shellac 

structure
  • CAS No:

    9000-59-3

  • Chemical Name:

    Shellac

  • Synonyms:

    Shellac;Lacs;Lac resin;Resins,lac or shellac;Drack BS 30;GBN;GSN;Sticklac;Molumba;Kiree;GN;SSI;SB 25;NSC;SAM 25;CS;Mantrollac R 49;Fresh-Cote 214;KSD (shellac);Mantrolac R 49;PNP 40A;Gum lac;CS (shellac);NST;Certified R 49;Confectioner's Dewaxed White Lac Glaze;Laccoat 50EDS;GBN-D;Z-GBN;Citrus gleam;Laccoat 30EA;Lac Glaze 32E;Laccoat EDS;Lac Glaze 20E;Crolla CL 10;Pearl L 811;PN-M 60;Laccoat 5020;Shellac ST 25;E 904;Pacrite Apple Wax 55;Lac Glaze 32E-N;Opaglos;SA 25;Lac Glaze 25E;SA 25 (coating);Shellac GSN;SM 25;SM 25 (shellac);LB 51;Lac;NST 2;Lemon 1;Lac Glaze 50E;Shellac GBN-D;BS 50;BS 50 (shellac);Lacca;Shellac 4560;Ceroga;RU 03;Pearl N 10;SSB Aquagold;Shellac R 49;Lac gum;Protect EN-RX;Lac Glaze 10E;BP 50-2;T 01-18;Tigerlac 5055;Poly Soleil SY 400;Shellac KTA;A Q Shelax;Drack EAS 315;1627680-19-6;2182666-16-4

  • Categories:

    Cosmetic Ingredient  >  Film Forming

Description

solid Shellac is a natural resin that may be obtained in a variety of colors ranging from light yellow to dark red in the form of hard, brittle flakes with or without wax, depending on the refining process; see Sections 4 and 13. The different types of shellac include bleached shellac, bleached dewaxed shellac, dewaxed and decolorized shellac, dewaxed flake shellac, dewaxed orange shellac, dewaxed shellac, orange shellac, purified shellac, refined bleached shellac, regular bleached shellac, reg


DryPowder; OtherSolid; PelletsLargeCrystals; WetSolid|Bleached shellac — off-white, amorphous, granular resin; Wax-free bleached shellac — light yellow, amorphous, granular resin

Shellac Basic Attributes

586.7

586.335312

232-549-9

1301900190

Characteristics

213

0.00000

DryPowder; OtherSolid; PelletsLargeCrystals; WetSolid

1.035-1.140

115-120°

Insoluble in water; freely (though very slowly) soluble in alcohol; slightly soluble in acetone

2-8°C

Safety Information

NONH for all modes of transport

3

Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

|Warning|H302 (97.52%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]|P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, and P501|Aggregated GHS information provided by 508 companies from 4 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Drug Information

shellac

Shellac Use and Manufacturing

Methods of Manufacturing

The purple stalks are crushed, sieved, washed and dried into granules, dissolved in alcohol and filtered, concentrated in vacuo and pressed into tablets.

Uses

Chiefly in lacquers and varnishes; also in manufacture of buttons, grinding wheels, sealing wax, cements, inks, phonograph records, paper; for stiffening hats; in electrical machines; coating confections and medicinal tablets; finishing leather.


Adhesives and sealant chemicals


Cleaning and furnishing care products

Production

100,000 - 500,000 lb

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing|Shellac: ACTIVE

Food additives|Cosmetics -> Emollient; Film forming; Hair fixing; Viscosity controlling

Computed Properties

Molecular Weight:586.7
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:8
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:11
Rotatable Bond Count:17
Exact Mass:586.33531241
Monoisotopic Mass:586.33531241
Topological Polar Surface Area:213
Heavy Atom Count:41
Complexity:773
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count:4
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count:4
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count:2
Compound Is Canonicalized:Yes

Material

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