1 | Description | Syrupy liquid, unctuous to the touch, colourless, clear, very hygroscopic. | Syrupy liquid, unctuous to the touch, colourless or almost colourless, clear, very hygroscopic. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with water and ethanol(96%),slightly soluble in acetone, practically insoluble in fatty oils and in essential oils |
3 | Identification A (By Refractive index, 20±0.5°C) | 1.473 | 1.470 - 1.475 |
4 | Identification B (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample solution should be concomitant with IR spectra of the reference spectrum of glycerol (85%) |
5 | Identification C (By Relative density) | 1.260 | 1.258-1.268 |
6 | Appearance of solution | Complies | Clear and colorless solution |
7 | Acidity or Alkalinity | Complies | Not more than 0.2ml of 0.1M sodium hydroxide is required to change the color of the indicator to pink. |
8 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.473 | 1.470 - 1.475 |
9 | Aldehydes | Less than 10ppm | NMT 10ppm |
10 | Ester | Complies | Not less than 8.0 ml of 0.1M hydrochloric acid should required to the change the colour of the indicator. |
11 | Impurity A (Diethylene glycol) | Not detected | NMT 0.1% |
12 | Related substances (Any impurity with a retention time less than the retention time of glycerol ) | 0.02% | NMT 0.1% |
13 | Related substances: Total of all impurities with retention times greater than the retention time of glycerol | Not detected | NMT 0.5% |
14 | Halogenated compounds | Less than 35ppm | NMT 35ppm |
15 | Sugars | Complies | The solution remains blue and no precipitate should form. |
16 | Chlorides | Less than 10ppm | NMT 10ppm |
17 | Water | 0.11% | NMT 2.0% |
18 | Sulphated ash | 0.006% | NMT 0.01% |
19 | Assay (anhydrous substance) | 99.8% | 98.0% - 101.0% m/m |