1 | Description | A clear, colorless liquid; odor, characteristic and spirituous;flammable. | A clear, colorless liquid; odor, characteristic and spirituous; flammable. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with water, with chloroform , with ether and ethanol (96%). |
3 | Appearance of solution | Passes | Clear, colorless liquid. |
4 | Identification (By chemical test 1) | Complies | A white or yellowish white precipitate should produced. |
5 | Identification (By chemical test 2) | Complies | Acetone recognizable by its odor should evolved. |
6 | Identification (Relative density, 20°C) | 0.786 | 0.785 to 0.789 |
7 | Identification (Refractive index, 20±0.5°C) | 1.377 | 1.377 to 1.378 |
8 | Identification (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the standard. |
9 | Identification (By chemical test 3) | Complies | Sulfuric acid layer turns violet. |
10 | Acidity or Alkalinity | 0.4ml of 0.01M sodium hydroxide | NMT 0.6ml of 0.01M sodium hydroxide should require to make the resulting solution alkaline to phenolphthalein solution. |
11 | Distillation range (95%) | 96% distil between 81°C-83°C | NLT 95% v/v should distil between 81°C-83°C. |
12 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.377 | 1.377-1.378. |
13 | Wt. per ml (20°C) | 0.786g | 0.782g to 0.786g. |
14 | Aldehydes & ketones | Complies | Not more than 2.0ml of 0.1M sodium hydroxide should require. |
15 | Non-volatile substances | 6ppm | 20ppm max. |
16 | Water insoluble matter | Passes | No opalescence should produce. |
17 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) @ 230nm | 0.1169 | 0.30 max. |
18 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@250nm | 0.0294 | 0.10 max. |
19 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@270nm | 0.0168 | 0.03 max. |
20 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@290nm | 0.0049 | 0.02 max. |
21 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 310nm | 0.0000 | 0.01 max. |
22 | Absorbance (Between 230 nm - 310 nm) | Complies | The spectrum shows a steadily descending curve with no observable peaks or shoulders. |
23 | Peroxides | Complies | No color should develop. |
24 | Water | 0.04% | 0.5% max. |
25 | Benzene and related substances, (Benzene) | Not detected | 0.0002% v/v max. |
26 | Benzene and related substances, (Total impurity apart from 2-butanol) | 0.03% | 0.3% max. |