1 | Description | Clear, colourless, oily liquid. | Clear, colourless, oily liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Soluble in water, miscible with ethanol(95%) and with fatty and essential oils. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the corresponding standard. |
4 | Appearance of Solution | Complies | A 1.0% v/v solution is clear, colourless and oily liquid. |
5 | peroxide value | 1.79 | Not more than 5.0 |
6 | Wt. per ml (25°C) | 1.04 g/ml | 1.04-1.05 g/ml |
7 | Refractive index (20°C ± 0.5°C) | 1.540 | 1.536-1.542 |
8 | Acid value | 0.2 | NMT 0.5 |
9 | Related substances: Impurity A (Benzaldehyde) | 0.005% | NMT 0.15% |
10 | Related substances: Impurity B (Cyclohexylmethanol) | Not detected | NMT 0.1% |
11 | Related substances: Sum of the areas of all other peaks with a relative retention time less than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.002% | NMT 0.04% |
12 | Related substances: Sum of the areas of all other peaks with a relative retention time more than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.002% | NMT 0.3% |
13 | Residue on evaporation | 0.015% | NMT 0.05% |
14 | Assay | 99.50% | 98.0% - 100.5% |