1 | Appearance | Clear, viscous, colourless, hygroscopic liquid. | Clear, viscous, colourless or almost colourless, hygroscopic liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with water, very soluble in acetone, in alcohol, and in methylene chloride, practically insoluble in fatty oils and in mineral oils. |
3 | Identification A (By Viscosity) | Complies | To comply the test |
4 | Identification B (By Chemical test) | Complies | An abundant, white, crystalline precipitate should form. |
5 | Identification C (By Chemical test) | Complies | The liquid phase should become blue. |
6 | Appearance of solution | Complies | The solution should be clear and not more intensely coloured than reference solution BY6. |
7 | Acidity or Alkalinity | Passes | Not more than 0.1 mL of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide should require to change the colour of the indicator to blue. |
8 | Kinematic Viscosity | 102 mm2.s-1 | 94 - 116 mm2.s-1 |
9 | Dynamic Viscosity | 122.4 mPa.s | 105 - 130 mPa.s |
10 | Hydroxyl value | 288.50 | 264-300 |
11 | Reducing substances | Complies | To comply the test : After 5 min the solution is not more intensely coloured than reference solution |
12 | Formaldehyde | Less than 30ppm | 30ppm max |
13 | Ethylene glycol and Diethylene glycol | 0.009% | 0.4% max |
14 | Ethylene oxide | Not detected | 1ppm max |
15 | Dioxan | Not detected | 10ppm max |
16 | Water | 0.18% | 2.0% max |
17 | Sulphated ash | 0.099% | 0.2% max |