Ethanol Absolute AR 99.4%, 2.5L

SPECIFICATIONS

		Test Method	Specification	Result
1.	Alcohol content (20 °C)	-	Min 99.4% v/v	99.8% v/v
2.	Characteristics	B.P. 1993	A colourless, clear, mobile and volatile liquid, boiling at 78 °C; odour, characteristics and spirituous; readily inflammable, burning with a blue, smokeless flame; hugroscopic. Miscible with water, with chloroform, with ether.	Passes test
3.	Identification	B.P. 1993	A yellow precipitate produced with alkaline iodine solution.	Passes test
4.	Acidity as acetic acid	B.P. 1993	Max. 60 ppm	12 ppm
5.	Clarity of solution	B.P. 1993	Clear	Clear
6.	Apparent density(20 °C)	B.P. 1993	778.16-791.2 kg/m³	782 kg/m³
7.	Aledhydes as acetaldehyde	B.P. 1993	Max. 10 ppm	<10 ppm
8.	Benzene / Cyclohexane	B.P. 1993	Nil	Nil
9.	Reducing substances	B.P. 1993	Decolourizing time of potassium permanganate Min. 20 minutes	> 20 minutes
10.	Non-volatile matter	B.P. 1993	Max. 50 ppm	16 ppm

OTHER TESTS

11.

Specific gravity (20 °/20 °C)

Max. 0.7935

0.7915

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