Sodium benzoate is a white, odorless powder with a sweet taste, primarily used as a food preservative. Benzalkonium chloride is an antimicrobial preservative. It is white or yellowish and ususally has a mild aromatic odor. It is used as a detergent and germicide.
Your question has piqued my curiosity...why are you curious about these two very different chemicals? Hope this helps!
Julie, RN, BSN
One has potassium and the other has sodium! They are both salts of benzoic acid. But really, the two are the same in terms of their functionality -- they are both the conjugate base of benzoic acid. If you are simply making a buffer solution with benzoic acid and a benzoate salt, it makes no difference. However, if being used for human consumption, there is a difference between potassium and sodium. For more, see the Wikipedia links to the left of this answer.
I've a mild allergic reaction to Sodium Benzoate, first noticed when drinking certain juices containing the preservative. Reaction: Feeling of a scratchy throat to slight redeness and swelling in throat, depending on the concentration used.
These substances are very different.
Is Benzalkonium Chloride the same thing as Sodium Benzoate? I am allergic to Sodium Benzoate.
oxygen
Sodium benzoate is a non toxic compound.
Yes. Sodium benzoate is a compound and thus a pure substance.
Sodium benzoate made of Sodium, Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen the equation ( NaOH + C7H6O2= NaC6H5CO2 + H2O)
Another common name doesn't exist; the code of sodium benzoate is E211.
These substances are very different.
oxygen
No, they are very different substances.
Yes, Benzoic acid is a weak acid (pKa ~ 4.2) that will dissolve in weak base such as sodium bicarbonate (pKa ~ 6.4)
any sodium like sodium chloride is good for preservation in meats
They are nonreactive towards each other in aqueous solutions but separately in acidic medium sodium benzoate forms the benzoic acid and ammonium chloride forms ammonia in basic medium.
Examples are: sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphates, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, cooper sulfate, magnesium chloride.
Sodium benzoate is a non toxic compound.
sodium benzoate glutin free
15,95 mg of sodium in 100 mg sodium benzoate
Sodium benzoate has the formula C6H5COO-Na+
Negative. Aluminium will react with sodium hydroxide or hydrochloric acid. Trying to make a works bomb?