2-phenylphenol

2-phenylphenol.
Suggestions on how to make use simple, please. Stable stock solution
possible in what diluent? Final concentration needed to
bacterio/fungi-cidal effect?.
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Kare Bondeson
PS
This is not a question on the possible use of autoclaving.
DS

Ryuji Suzuki wrote:

>From: maria ahlberg <mariaahlberg13@hotmail.com>
>Subject: sodium benzoate
>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:40:42 +0000
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>>Is there anyone on the list who has tested sodium benzoate in the gum
>>solution, to keep the gum from rutten?
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>Benzoate is a popular bactericide in acidic food products. Its
>weakness is that its effects decrease as the pH increase, and also its
>not very effective against molds/fungi. I think thymol or
>2-phenylphenol are generally more effective and more widely used in
>photography. Another popular bactericide in photography is
>isothiazolone, which is typically a 3:1 mixture of
>5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one and
>2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one. There are a lot more effective
>bactericides but these are generally preferred because of low human
>toxicity and better biodegradability than many other agents.
>
>--
>Ryuji Suzuki
>"Well, believing is all right, just don't let the wrong people know
>what it's all about." (Bob Dylan, Need a Woman, 1982)
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Received on Wed Apr 13 06:03:37 2005