1 | Description | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at about 206°C, without decomposition. Is neutral to ltmus. Specific gravity is between 1.042 and 1.047 | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at about 206°C, without decomposition. Is neutral to litmus. Specific gravity is between 1.042 and 1.047 |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Freely soluble in 50% alcohol; sparingly soluble in water. Miscible with alcohol, with ether, and with chloroform. |
3 | Identification by IR | Complies | To comply the test |
4 | Assay | 99.63% | 98.0%-100.5% |
5 | Fats & Fixed oils (Peroxide value) | 3.6 | Not more than 5 |
6 | Residue on evaporation | 0.004% | Not more than 0.05% |
7 | Organic impurities, benzaldehyde and other related substances: Benzaldehyde | 0.03% | 0.15% max |
8 | Organic impurities, benzaldehyde and other related substances: Cyclohexylmethanol | Not detected | 0.10% max |
9 | Organic impurities, benzaldehyde and other related substances: Sum of the areas of any peak with a relative retention time less than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.01% | 0.04% max |
10 | Organic impurities, benzaldehyde and other related substances: Sum of the areas of any peak with a relative retention time greater than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.06% | 0.3% max |
11 | Acidity | Complies | NMT 1 mL of 0.1M sodium hydroxide should require to change the color of the indicator to pink |
12 | Clarity of solution | Passes | The sample solution should show same clarity as that of water or its opalescence is not more pronounced than that of reference suspension 1 |
13 | Colour of solution | Passes | Sample solution should have the color of water |
14 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.539 | 1.538-1.541 |