1 | Apperance/Description | Clear, slightly yellowish liquid. | Clear, colourless or slightly yellowish liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with water and with ethanol (96%). It froths copiously when shaken |
3 | Identification (By chemical test 1) | Complies | A white precipitate should form, and it should dissolve after adding 5ml of alcohol |
4 | Identification (By chemical test 2) | Complies | An orange-red color should produce. |
5 | Identification (By chemical test 3) | Complies | The crystals should melt at 127°C to 133°C |
6 | Identification (By chemical test 4) | Complies | The methylene chloride layer should become blue. |
7 | Identification (Chloride) | Complies | A solution should yield a white, curdy precipitate which should insoluble in nitric acid but soluble in slight excess of 6 N ammonium hydroxide |
8 | Identification (By UV spectrophotometry) | Complies | Absorbance maxima should be at 257 nm, 263 nm and 269 nm. Shoulder about 250 nm |
9 | Identification (By Liquid Chromatography) | Complies | The principal peaks in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution should be similar in retention time to the principal peaks in the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution |
10 | Appearance of solution | Complies | Solution should be clear and not more intensely coloured than reference solution Y6 |
11 | Acidity or Alkalinity | Complies | Not more than 0.1ml of 0.1M hydrochloric acid or 0.1M sodium hydroxide should require to change the colour of the indicator |
12 | Average relative molecular mass and ratio of Alkyl components (C12 homologue) | 62.74% | NLT 40.0% (on solid basis) |
13 | Average relative molecular mass and ratio of Alkyl components (C14 homologue) | 37.26% | NLT 20.0% (on solid basis) |
14 | Average relative molecular mass and ratio of Alkyl components (Sum of C12 and C14 homologue) | 100.0% | NLT 70.0% (on solid basis) |
15 | Impurities A (Benzyl alcohol) | 0.04% | NMT 0.5% |
16 | Impurities B (Benzaldehyde) | 0.003% | NMT 0.15% |
17 | Impurities C (chloromethyl)benzene | Not detected | NMT 0.05% |
18 | Amine & amine salts | Complies | The volume of titrant added between the two points of inflection should not more than 5.0 ml of 0.1 M tetra butyl ammonium hydroxide solution. |
19 | Sulphated ash | 0.04% | NMT 0.1% |
20 | Assay (Total Alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chlorides) | 48.4% | 475g/L to 525 g/L (47.5%w/v to 52.5% w/v) |
21 | Other components Alcohol content (If added) | Not applicable | NMT 10.0% v/v |
22 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 1000 CFU/mL | NMT 1000 CFU/mL |
23 | Total Yeast and mold count | Less than 100 CFU/mL | NMT 100 CFU/mL |
24 | Bacterial endotoxin test | Less than 0.5 EU/mg | NMT 0.5 EU/mg |