1 | Description | Clear, colorless, oily liquid having a slight aromatic odor. | Colourless or almost colourless crystals ,clear, colorless or almost colourless, oily liquid having a slight aromatic odor. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Practically insoluble in water and in glycerin. Miscible with alcohol, Ethanol (96%), with ether, and with chloroform with methylene chloride and with fatty and essential oils. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR Spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the standard |
4 | Identification B (By Chemical test) | Complies | Dried precipitate should melt between 121°C to 124°C |
5 | Identification C (By Chemical test) | Complies | Dried precipitate should melt between 121°C to 124°C |
6 | Assay | 100.06% | 99.0% - 100.5% |
7 | Limit of Aldehydes | 0.03% | NMT 0.05% (as benzaldehyde) |
8 | Specific gravity, 25°C | 1.117 | 1.116 to 1.120 |
9 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.120 | 1.118 to 1.122 |
10 | Congealing temperature | 18.3°C | NLT 18.0°C |
11 | Freezing point | 17.2°C | NLT 17.0°C |
12 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.569 | 1.568 - 1.570 |
13 | Acidity | Complies | NMT 0.2ml of 0.1M NaOH should required to change the colour of indicator to pink. |
14 | Boiling point | 322°C | About 320°C |
15 | Sulphated ash | 0.06% | NMT 0.1% |
16 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
17 | Total combined yeast and molds count | Less than 10 CFU/ml | NMT 10 CFU/ml |
18 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 0.25 EU/ml | NMT 0.25 EU/ml |
19 | Escherichia coli | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml |
20 | Salmonella | Absent/10ml | should be Absent/10ml |
21 | Staphylococcus aureus | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml |
22 | Pseud. aeruginosa | Absent/ml | should be Absent/ml |