1 | Description | Clear, colourless, mobile liquid, having an odor resembling that of chloroform. | Clear, colourless, mobile liquid, having an odor resembling that of chloroform. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with alcohol, with ether, and with fixed and volatile oils. |
3 | Identification by IR | Complies | To comply the test |
4 | Assay | 99.99% | NLT 99.0% |
5 | Limit of Non-volatile residue | 0.0005% | 0.002% max |
6 | Limit of hydrogen chloride | Less than 0.001% | 0.001% max |
7 | Specific gravity,25°C | 1.321 | Between 1.318 and 1.322 |
8 | Water | 0.007% | Not more than 0.02% |
9 | Free Chlorine (Cl) | Complies | The lower layer does not show a violet tint. |
10 | 2-methylbut-2-ene as stabilizer | 0.001% | 0.03% v/v max |