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Specification Sheet

Product Name
Ethanol puriss. p.a., absolute, ≥99.8% (GC)

Product Number
32221

Product Brand
sigald

CAS Number
64-17-5

Molecular Weight
46.07

Test

Specification

APPEARANCE (COLOR)Colorless
APPEARANCE (FORM)Liquid
COLOR (IN APHA)≤ 10 APHA
TITRATABLE ACIDFREE ACID (as CH3COOH): ≤ 0.0005 %
TITRATABLE BASEFREE ALKALI (as NH3) ≤ 0.0001 %
PURITY (GC AREA %)≥ 99.8 % Vol.
REMARKS ON GC≤ 0.001 % ACETONE
≤ 0.05 % ISO-AMYL ALCOHOL
≤ 0.02 % METHANOL
≤ 0.003 % 2-PROPANOL
HIGHER BOILING IMPURITIES (GC)≤ 0.01 % (HIGHER ALCOHOLS)
SPECIFIC GRAVITY0.790 - 0.791
REFRACTIVE INDEX N20/D1.3614 - 1.3618
BOILING RANGE (ASTM)78 - 79 DEG C
SOLUBILITYIN WATER: PASSES TEST
WATER (COULOMETR.)≤ 0.2 %
RESIDUE (EVAPORATION)≤ 0.001 %
TEST BY UV SPECTROSCOPYPASSES TEST
IDENTIFICATION APASSES TEST
IDENTIFICATION BPASSES TEST
REDUCING SUBSTANCES≤ 0.0003 % KMnO4 red. matter (as O)
ALDEHYDESFURFURAL: PASSES TEST
VOLATILE IMPURITIESPASSES TEST
HEAVY METALS≤ 1 ppm
MISCELLANEOUS TESTSACETONE AND 2-PROPANOL ACC. TO ACS: PASSES TEST
ALUMINIUM (ICP)≤ 0.5 ppm
BARIUM (ICP)≤ 0.1 ppm
BORON (ICP)≤ 0.02 ppm
CALCIUM (ICP)≤ 0.5 ppm
CADMIUM (ICP)≤ 0.05 ppm