1 | Description | Clear, colourless, viscous liquid having a slight, characteristic taste. Is practically odorless. Absorbs moisture when exposed to moist air. | Clear colourless, viscous liquid having a slight, characteristic taste. Is practically odorless. Absorbs moisture when exposed to moist air. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Misible with water, with acetone, and with chloroform. Soluble in ether and will dissolve many essential oils, but is immiscible with fixed oils. |
3 | Identification A (By IR, undried sample) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomittant with IR spectra of the standard. |
4 | Identification B (Diethylene glycol) | Not detected | NMT 0.10% |
5 | Identification B (Ethylene glycol) | Not detected | NMT 0.10% |
6 | Identification C (By GC Chromatogram) | Complies | The retention time of the propylene glycol peak of the sample solution corresponds to that of the standard solution. |
7 | Assay | 99.97% | NLT 99.5% |
8 | Residue on ignition | 0.002% | 0.007% max. |
9 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 70ppm | 70ppm max. |
10 | Sulphate (SO4) | Less than 60ppm | 60ppm max. |
11 | Specific gravity, 25°C | 1.037 | 1.035 - 1.037 |
12 | Acidity | 0.03 mL of 0.1N sodium hydroxide | NMT 0.20 mL of 0.1N sodium hydroxide required to change the colour of the indicator to pink |
13 | Water | 0.03% | NMT 0.2% |