1 | Description | Colorless liquid, Has a characteristic, somewhat aromatic odor. | Colorless to yellowish to pink liquid, which may develop brownish tint shade in- between till reaching Pink color upon exposure to air or light, Has a characteristic, somewhat aromatic odor |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with alcohol, with ether, and with glycerin. A mixture of equal volumes of Liquefied Phenol and glycerin is miscible with water. |
3 | Specific gravity | 1.066 | About 1.065 |
4 | Identification A (By Chemical test) | Complies | A white precipitate should form which dissolves at first but become permanent as of reagent added. |
5 | Identification B (By Chemical test) | Complies | Violet color is produced. |
6 | Assay | 89.4% | NLT 89.0% by weight of C6H6O |
7 | Clarity of solution and reaction | Complies | A solution (1 in 15) is clear and is neutral or acid to litmus paper. |
8 | Limit of Non-volatile residue | 0.004% | NMT 0.05% |
9 | Distillation range | 181.0°C | NMT 182.5°C |
10 | Total aerobic microbial count (Bioburden) | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
11 | Total combined yeasts and molds count (Bioburden) | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
12 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 0.2 EU/mg | NMT 0.2 EU/mg |