1 | Appearance | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Soluble in water, miscible with ethanol (96 %) and with fatty and essential oils |
3 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.044 | 1.043-1.049 |
4 | Identification by IR | Complies | To comply the test |
5 | Appearance of Solution | Passes | The solution is clear and colorless. |
6 | Acidity | Passes | Not more than 1 mL of 0.1M sodium hydroxide is required to change the color of the indicator to pink. |
7 | Refractive index (20°C ± 0.5°C) | 1.540 | 1.538-1.541 |
8 | peroxide value | 1.6 | 5 max |
9 | Related substances: Impurity A (Benzaldehyde) | 0.024% | 0.15% max |
10 | Related substances: Impurity B (Cyclohexyl methanol) | Not detected | 0.10% max |
11 | Related substances : Sum of other peaks with a relative retention less than that of benzyl alcohol | 0.001% | 0.04% max. |
12 | Related substances : Sum of peaks with a relative retention greater than that of benzyl alcohol | 0.002% | 0.3% max. |
13 | Residue on evaporation | 0.002% | 0.05% max |
14 | Assay | 99.64% | 98.0-100.5% |