| 1 | Appearance | Clear, colourless liquid free of suspended materials. | Clear, colourless liquid free of suspended materials. | |
| 2 | Assay | 99.99% | Min. 99.9% | |
| 3 | Identification (By IR) | Complies | Pass test | |
| 4 | Residue after evaporation | 3 ppm | Not more than 5ppm | |
| 5 | Titrable acid | Less than 0.001 MeQ/G | Not more than 0.001 MeQ/G | |
| 6 | Water | 0.03% | Not more than 0.05% | |
| 7 | Colour | Less than 5 APHA | Not more than 5APHA. | |
| 8 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 400nm | 0.000 | 0.005 max. | |
| 9 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 350nm | 0.002 | 0.01 max. | |
| 10 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 335nm | 0.006 | 0.02 max. | |
| 11 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 330nm | 0.008 | 0.02 max. | |
| 12 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 310nm | 0.024 | 0.06 max. | |
| 13 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 300nm | 0.044 | 0.10 max. | |
| 14 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 290nm | 0.067 | 0.15 max. | |
| 15 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 280nm | 0.109 | 0.25 max. | |
| 16 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 275nm | 0.155 | 0.30 max. | |
| 17 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 270nm | 0.270 | 0.40 max. | |
| 18 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 268nm | 0.358 | 1.00 max. | |
| 19 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell) at 263nm | 0.794 | 1.00 max. | |