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 | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spetra of the standard |
4 | Assay | 99.99% | Not Less Than 99.0% |
5 | Limit of Non-volatile residue | 0.0008%;0.4mg | Not more than 0.002%; Not more than 1mg of Residue |
6 | Limit of hydrogen chloride | Less than 0.001% | Not more than 0.001% |
7 | Specific gravity,25°C | 1.320 | Between 1.318 - 1.322 |
8 | Water | 0.0094% | 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 | 12 ppm | Not more than 300 ppm v/v |