1 | Description | Clear,colourless liquid, having a characteristic odor. is flammable. | Clear,colourless liquid, having a characteristic odor. Is flammable. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with water, with alcohol, with ether, with benzene and with most other organic solvents. |
3 | Identification A (by IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with reference spectrum of methanol |
4 | Identification B (by Chromatogram) | Complies | The retention time of the major peak of the sample solution corresponds to that of the standard solution. |
5 | Assay | 99.8% | NLT 99.5% |
6 | Non-volatile Residue | 0.0007% | NMT 0.001% w/w |
7 | Acetone and Aldehyde (as acetone) | Less than 0.003% | NMT 0.003% |
8 | Readily carbonizable substances | Complies | No discoloration develops. |
9 | Readily oxidizable substances | Complies | The pink color should not be completely disappear within 5 min. |
10 | Acidity | 0.40ml of 0.020 N sodium hydroxide | NMT 0.45ml of 0.020 N sodium hydroxide is required to produce a pink color. |
11 | Alkalinity (as ammonia) | 2 ppm | 3 ppm max |
12 | Water | 0.039% | NMT 0.1% |