Sr. No. Description Specification
1. APPEARANCE WHITE OR ALMOST WHITE, CRYSTALLINE POWDER OR COLOURLESS CRYSTALS, SUBLIMES READILY
2. SOLUBILITY SLIGHLY SOLUBLE IN WATER, VERY SOLUBLE IN ETHANOL (96 PER CENT), SOLUBLE IN GLYCEROL (85 PER CENT)
3. MELTING POINT ABOUT 78°C (WITHOUT PREVIOUS DRYING)
4. IDENTIFICATION
TEST A:    IRTEST B: WATER		 INFARED ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF SAMPLE SHOULD BE CONCORDANT WITH THE REFERENCE SPECTRUM OF  CHLOROBUTANOL HEMIHYDRATE WS
BETWEEN 4.5% TO 5.5%
5. IMPURITY A AND B
IMPURITY A NMT 60PPM
IMPURITY B NMT 0.1%
6. APPEARANCE OF SOLUTION SOLUTION S IS NOT MORE OPALESCENT THAN REFERENCE SUSPENSION II AND NOT MORE INTENSELY COLOURED THAN REFERENCE SOLUTION BY5
7. ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY NOT MORE THAN 1.0 ML OF 0.01 M SODIUM  HYDROXIDE IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE COLOUR OF THE INDICATOR TO BLUE
8. CHLORIDES NMT 100 PPM
9. SULPHATED ASH NMT 0.1%
10. WATER CONTENT BETWEEN 4.5% TO 5.5%
11. ASSAY (ON ANHYDROUS  BASIS) BETWEEN 98.0% AND 101%