1 | Description | Clear, pale brownish liquid. | Clear colourless to pale yellow, pale brown or pale brownish yellow Clear liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with water, slightly soluble in toluene, practically insoluble in hexane. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR absorption spectrum of the test preparation should exhibit the maxima only at the same wave number as that of the standard preparation of Methane Sulphonic acid. |
4 | Assay | 99.6% | 98.0% - 102.0% |
5 | Sulphate (SO4) | Less than 50 ppm | NMT 50 ppm |
6 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 10 ppm | NMT 10 ppm |
7 | Residue on ignition | 0.06% | NMT 0.1% |
8 | Density, 20°C | 1.479 | 1.478 -1.482 |
9 | Cadmium(Cd) | Not detected | NMT 0.2 ppm |
10 | Lead (Pb) | Not detected | NMT 0.5 ppm |
11 | Arsenic (As) | Not detected | NMT 1.5 ppm |
12 | Mercury(Hg) | Not detected | NMT 0.3 ppm |
13 | Becterial endotoxins test | Less than 0.5 EU/mg | NMT 0.5 EU/mg |
14 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
15 | Total combined yeast and molds count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |