| Description |
A pale yellowish or almost colorless, transparent, viscid liquid; odor, slight and characteristic
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Solubility |
Miscible with chloroform; with ethanol (95%), with ether and with glacial acetic acid; slightly soluble in light petroleum
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| Foreign fatty substances |
A) A mixture of 2 ml of the sample and 8 ml of ethanol (95 per cent) should be clear B) Shaked 10.0 ml with 20.0 ml of light petroleum (60° to 80°) and allowed to separate; the volume of the lower layer should not less than16.0 ml
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