ITEM

:

METHANOL

MeOH CONTENT, WT.% MIN

:

97.5

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

:

0.792 TO 0.795

DISTILLATIONRANGEAT 760 mm Hg. ^OC

:

64.5 TO 65.5

WATER CONTENT, WT. % MAX

:

0.01

APPEARANCE

:

CLEAR

CARBONISABLE SUBSTANCES

:

PASSES THE TEST

COLOUR, MAX

:

15 HAZEN

ACIDITY (AS ACETIC AMMONIA), PPM, MAX

:

30 (AS FORMIC ACID)

ALKALINITY (AS AMMONIA), PPM, MAX

:

PASSES PHENOLPTHALEIN TESTBS: 506

RESIDUE ON EVAPORATION, PPM, MAX

:

10

ALDEHYDES AND KETONES AS ACETONE, WT. % MAX

:

0.015

ACETONE, WT, % MAX

:

0.003

ACETYLENE IN MeOH

:

PASSES THE ASTM TEST

CHLORIDE CONTENT, PPM, MAX

:

0.0001 ( NILL )

ORGANIC IMPURITIES

:

Passes test

SULPHUR TOTAL AS SULPHATES, PPM, MAX

:

0.05

PERMANGANATE TIME, MIN

:

AS PER BS: 506, 50

PHASE

:

LIQUID