{"id":4133,"date":"2023-03-11T01:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2025-03-26T21:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:19:40","slug":"propylene-glycol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/propylene-glycol\/","title":{"rendered":"Propylene Glycol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Propylene Glycol:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Propylene glycol is a <strong>synthetic food additive<\/strong> that belongs to the same chemical group as alcohol.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics of Propylene Glycol<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Propylene glycol is a synthetic liquid substance that absorbs water.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is a clear, <strong>colourless, slightly syrupy liquid<\/strong> at room temperature.<\/li>\n<li>It may exist in air in the vapour form, although propylene glycol must be heated or briskly shaken to produce a vapour.<\/li>\n<li>It is practically <strong>odorless and tasteless<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the uses of Propylene Glycol?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Propylene glycol is used to <strong>make polyester compounds<\/strong> and as a base for deicing solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Propylene glycol is used by the <strong>chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries<\/strong> as an antifreeze when leakage might lead to contact with food.<\/li>\n<li>It is used to absorb extra water and <strong>maintain moisture in certain medicines<\/strong>, cosmetics, or food products.<\/li>\n<li>It is a solvent for food colors and flavours and in <strong>the paint and plastics industries<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Propylene glycol is also used to create artificial smoke or fog used in fire-fighting training and theatrical productions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is a Glycol?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Glycol is an organic compound belonging to the alcohol family. It is more commonly referred to as antifreeze, and it is known to have a sweet taste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/govt-prohibits-use-of-propylene-glycol-uzbekistan-deaths-8487455\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Govt prohibits use of propylene glycol from supplier linked to Uzbekistan deaths<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Propylene glycol is a synthetic food additive that belongs to the same chemical group as alcohol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}