1 | Appearance/Description | Clear, Colorless to slightly pale yellow liquid, viscous, very hygroscopic liquid having a slight ammoniacal odor. | Clear, Colorless to slightly pale yellow, viscous, very hygroscopic liquid having a slight ammoniacal odor. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with water and with alcohol, ethanol (96%), soluble in chloroform., in methylene chloride |
3 | Appearance of solution | Passes | The solution is clear and not more intensely coloured than reference solution B6. |
4 | Identification (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomittant with IR spectra of the corresponding standard. |
5 | Identification (By chemical test) | Complies | The blue color should remain unchange. |
6 | Identification (By Chemical test) | Complies | A carmine red color is produced. |
7 | Identification (By Refractive index) | 1.483 | 1.482-1.485 |
8 | Identification (By Relative density) | 1.126 | 1.120-1.130 |
9 | Identification (By Chromatography) | Complies | The principal peak in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution is similar in retention time and size to the principal peak in the chromatogram obtained with reference solution (a). |
10 | Specific gravity, 25°C | 1.123 | 1.120 - 1.128 |
11 | Assay (Anhydrous basis) | 99.8% | 99.0% - 103.0% m/m |
12 | Related substances: Impurity A (Ethanolamine) | Not detected | 0.1% max |
13 | Related substances: Impurity B (Diethanolamine) | Not detected | 0.5% max |
14 | Related substances: Impurity C (N-nitrosodiethanolamine) | Not detected | 24ppb max. |
15 | Related substances: Total impurity | 0.1% | 1.0% max |
16 | Water | 0.2% | NMT 0.5% w/w |
17 | Residue on ignition /Sulfated ash | 0.02% | NMT 0.05% w/w |
18 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/mL | 100 CFU/mL max |
19 | Total combined yeast and molds count | Less than 10 CFU/ml | 10 CFU/mL max |
20 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 0.5 EU/mg | 0.5 EU/mg max |