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 | Passes | Miscible with water and ethanol(96%), slightly soluble in acetone, practically insoluble in fatty oils and in essential oils. |
3 | Identification (By Refractive index, 20±0.5°C) | 1.473 | 1.470 - 1.475 |
4 | Identification (By Relative density) | 1.263 | 1.258-1.268 |
5 | Identification (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample solution should be concomitant with the reference spectrum of glycerin (85%) |
6 | Identification (By chemical test 1) | Complies | Within 10 min, the blue colour should not be diffuse into the lower layer |
7 | Identification (By chemical test 2) | Complies | Vapours (acrolein) should evolve which blacken filter paper impregnated with alkaline potassium tetraiodomercurate solution(Potassium mercuri-Iodide solution). |
8 | Appearance of solution | Passes | Solution should be clear and colourless. |
9 | Acidity or Alkalinity | 0.1ml of 0.1M sodium hydroxide | Not more than 0.2ml of 0.1M sodium hydroxide should require to change the colour of the indicator to pink. |
10 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.473 | 1.470 - 1.475 |
11 | Aldehydes and reducing substances | Passes | Any colour produce should not be more intense than that obtained in a standard preparation (10ppm max) |
12 | Ester | Passes | Not less than 8.0 ml of 0.1M hydrochloric acid should require to the change the colour of the indicator. |
13 | Related substances (Diethylene glycol) | Not detected | NMT 0.1% |
14 | Related substances (Any impurity with a retention time less than the retention time of glycerol ) | 0.003% | NMT 0.1% |
15 | Related substances: (Total impurity with retention times greater than the retention time of glycerol) | 0.3% | NMT 0.5% |
16 | Ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol and related substances | Not detected | The area of any secondary peak in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution should be less than the area of the peak corresponding to diethylene glycol n the chromatogram obtained with the reference solution. |
17 | Halogenated compounds | Less than 35ppm | NMT 35ppm |
18 | Sugars | Passes | The solution should remain blue and no precipitate should produce |
19 | Chlorides | Less than 10ppm | NMT 10ppm |
20 | Sulfate | Less than 30 ppm | NMT 30 ppm |
21 | Heavy metals | Less than 5ppm | NMT 5ppm |
22 | Iron (Fe) | Less than 4ppm | NMT 4ppm |
23 | Water | 0.4% | NMT 2.0% |
24 | Sulfated ash | 0.004% | NMT 0.01% |
25 | Assay | 99.7% | 98.0% - 101.0% m/m (Anhydrous substance) |
26 | Bacterial endotoxin test | Less than 5.0 EU/gm | NMT 5.0 EU/gm |