| 1 | Appearance/Description | Clear, colorless, volatile liquid having pungent odor. Boils at 118°C. Specific gravity is 1.05 | Crystalline mass or clear, colorless, volatile liquid having pungent odor. Boils at about 118°C. Specific gravity about 1.05. |
| 2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with water, with ethanol (96%), with methylene chloride and with glycerin. |
| 3 | Identification (Chemical test 1) | Complies | A 100 g/L solution is strongly acid. |
| 4 | Identification (Chemical test 2) | Complies | A reddish brown precipitate should form which dissolves in hydrochloric acid to form yellow solution. |
| 5 | Identification (Chemical test 3) | Complies | An odor of ethyl acetate should produce. |
| 6 | Identification (Acetates) | Complies | A blue precipitate should form or a dark blue color should develop. |
| 7 | Appearance of solution | Complies | The Substance to be examined is clear and colorless. |
| 8 | Formic acid and readily oxidizable substances | Complies | A deep yellow or brown color should produce. |
| 9 | Potassium permanganate- reducing substances | Complies | The color of solution should remain pink. |
| 10 | Readily oxidizable substances | Complies | The pink color should not change to brown within 2 hours. |
| 11 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 0.0004% | NMT 0.0004% |
| 12 | Sulphate (SO4) | Less than 0.0005% | NMT 0.0005% |
| 13 | Iron (Fe) | Less than 5 ppm | NMT 5 ppm |
| 14 | Assay | 99.8% | 99.5% - 100.5% m/m |
| 15 | Acetaldehyde | Less than 0.01% | NMT 0.01% |
| 16 | Nonvolatile residue / Residue on evaporation | 0.0007% | The weight of the residue should not exceed 1 mg. (0.005%) |
| 17 | Congealing temperature / Freezing point | 15.7°C | NLT 15.6°C |
| 18 | Water | 0.07% | NMT 0.20% |
| 19 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/mL | NMT 100 CFU/mL |
| 20 | Total Yeast and mold count | Less than 100 CFU/mL | NMT 100 CFU/mL |
| 21 | E.coli | Absent/mL | should be Absent/mL |
| 22 | Pseud. aeruginosa | Absent/mL | should be Absent/mL |
| 23 | S.aureus | Absent/mL | should be Absent/mL |
| 24 | Bile –ve bacteria | Absent/mL | should be Absent/mL |
| 25 | Bacterial endotoxin test | Less than 0.5 EU/mg | NMT 0.5 EU/mg |