Technical Information Animal Nutrition

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Choline Chloride 75%
Active ingredient
Choline chloride
PRD-No.
30041094
Articles
50481584 1100 kg IBC
50036955 bulk
Specication
Content at least 75% choline
chloride (argentometrically)
Trimethylamine not more than 0.05%
For further information see separate document:
Standard Specication (not for regulatory
purposes) available via BASFs WorldAccount:
https://worldaccount.basf.com (registered access).
Other chemical and physical data
Formulation liquid
Density 1.10 g/ml (20 C)
Water content about 25%
Boiling point at temperatures above 100 C
the water evapo ra tes and
the salt crystallizes
Crystallization point -18 C
Viscosity 21 mPas (at 20 C)
Electrical
conductivity
30,000 mS/cm
(mS = micro Siemens)
Stability
Choline chloride is stable. The direct addition of
choline chloride to the feed mixture as an individual
component has proved suitable. Problems in the
premix are thus avoided.
In the unopened original packaging it can be kept
for at least 24 months.
Recommended materials
Depending on the temperature and oxygen content,
choline chloride in liquid form behaves corrosively
to a varying extent. Only very specic materials are
suitable for the storage and pro cessing of Choline
Chloride 75%. The statements made in the following
tables are based on test results, many years of
working experience, and practical applications.
The stability data apply exclusively to 75% strength
choline chloride.
Materials for storage and use
Highly
alloyed
steel
Plastics Boilerplate
(rubberized)
PTFE
(Teon)
Palatal PVC
Storage
contai ner

Pipe lines

Pumps

Valves

Nozzles

Fittings

Seals

Metallic materials
The corrosiveness of choline chloride increases
with the temperature and oxygen content.
Water-diluted choline chloride also acts more
corrosively than the 75% strength material. For
choline chloride liquid metering plants, highly
alloyed, austenitic chrome-nickel-molybdenum
steel (e.g., X 6 CrNiMoTi 17 12 2, material no.:
1.4571) is recommended.
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Technical Information Animal Nutrition
Recommendations when using highly alloyed
steel
Materials Aeration Resistance up to a threshold
temperature of
1.4541 yes no -
1.4541 no yes 45 C
1.4571 yes yes 45 C
1.4571 no yes 80 C
Molybdenum-free chrome-nickel steel (e.g., X 6
CrNiTi 18 10, material no.: 1.4541) is not resistant
to corrosion, as the oxy gen-free choline chloride
solution supplied is usually enriched with oxygen
from the air on transfer ring to a tank.
Under such conditions, and also on exceeding the
threshold temperature, local pit and crack corrosion
occurs in the highly alloyed stainless steels.
Contaminations (e.g., iron salts or residues from
a prior other use of the tank) can also increase the
corrosive ness of the choline chloride. In this case,
corrosion can also occur at temperatures lower
than those mentioned in the table. In these cases
and when constructing new plants, glass ber-
reinforced plastics are to be preferred to the metallic
materials.
Plastics
Plastics are resistant to pit and crack corro sion
in oxygen containing and oxygen-free choline
chloride. For many years, plastics have been used
successfully for the storage of choline chloride.
In particular, glass ber-reinforced plastics (GSP)
can be employed in various material combinations
suited to the specic individual case. Palatal with
its types A410 and A420 has proved suitable.
These are special resins, which were stable to
Choline Chloride 75% up to 70 C in the corrosion
test. Recently, tanks appropriate to the spatial
con ditions can also be installed on site with Palatal.
Dosage recommendations
Please refer to Vitamins Choline.
Note
These instructions replace the leaet From research
and practice no. 13, Advice for the choice of
materials when storing and using Choline Chloride
solution 75%. When exposed to the substance,
the instructions of the safety data sheet are to be
observed.
For transport, storage, loading, and unloading of
Choline Chloride 75%, the legal water procedures
valid in the particular countries are to be observed.
This document contains general information. The approval conditions in
the individual countries must be taken into consideration and may, in
particular, contain deviations from or additions to the general information.
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October 2010