| 1 | Appearance/Description | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at 206°C, without decomposition. Is neutral to litmus. | Clear, colorless, oily liquid. Boils at about 206°C, without decomposition. Is neutral to litmus. |
| 2 | Solubility | Complies | Soluble in water, miscible with ethanol (96 %) and with fatty and essential oils with ether, and with chloroform. Freely soluble in 50% alcohol |
| 3 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.044 | 1.043-1.049 |
| 4 | Identification by IR | Complies | The IR absorption spectra of a substance should concomitant with the corresponding standard |
| 5 | Appearance of solution | Complies | The solution is clear and colourless. |
| 6 | Clarity of solution | Complies | The sample solution shows the same clarity as that of water, or its opalescence is not more pronounced than that of refrerence suspension 1. |
| 7 | Colour of solution | Complies | Sample solution has the color of water. |
| 8 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.539 | 1.538-1.541 |
| 9 | Assay | 99.5% | 98.0-100.5% |
| 10 | Acidity | Complies | NMT 1 mL of 0.1M sodium hydroxide is required to change the color of the indicator to pink. |
| 11 | Fats & Fixed oils (Peroxide value) | 1.2 | NMT 5 |
| 12 | Residue on evaporation | 0.01% | NMT 0.05% |
| 13 | Related substances: Benzaldehyde | 0.03% | NMT 0.05% |
| 14 | Related substances: Cyclohexylmethanol | Not detected | NMT 0.10% |
| 15 | Related subtances: Sum of the areas of other peaks with a relative retention time less than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.002% | NMT 0.02% |
| 16 | Related substances: Sum of the areas of other peaks with a relative retention time greater than that of Benzyl alcohol | 0.004% | NMT 0.2% |
| 17 | Total arobic microbial count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
| 18 | Total combined yeast and molds count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
| 19 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 2.5 EU/ml | NMT 2.5 EU/ml |