1 | Description | A white, yellowish crystalline powder, having a faint, characteristic odor. | White or slightly yellow waxy solid, having a faint, characteristic odor. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Freely soluble in alcohol, in propylene glycol, in chloroform and in ether, insoluble in water. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | To comply the test |
4 | Identification B (by Chromatogram) | Complies | The retention time of the main peak of the sample solution corresponds to that of the standard solution and exhibit only one major peak corresponding to butylated hydroxyanisole. |
5 | Assay(HPLC) | 99.67% | NLT 98.5% |
6 | Residue on ignition | 0.0079% | NMT 0.01% |
7 | Heavy metals | NMT 10ppm | NMT 10ppm |
8 | Methanol as residual solvent | NMT 0.3% | Not more than 0.3% |