PRODUCT NAME | : | CASTOR OIL (BP-1973) |
Description: | : | A nearly colourless or faintly yellow viscid Oil, odour Slight, taste at the first bland but afterwards slightly acrid |
Solubility: | : | Soluble in 2.5 parts of alcohol (95 per cent); miscible with dehydrated alcohol, & with glacial acetic acid. |
Identification | : | Miscible with half its volume of light petroleum (boiling range -40°C to 60°C), and only partially soluble in two volumes. |
Acetyl value | : | Not less than 140 |
Acid value | : | Not more than 2.00 |
Iodine value | : | 82 to 90 (Iodine monochloride method) |
Optical Rotation | : | Not less than +3.5° |
Refractive index | : | 1.477 to 1.481 |
Saponification value | : | 177 – 187 |
Weight per ml | : | 0.953 to 0.964 |
Colour on lovibond in 1” cell | : | Y (2.2 Max) R (0.3 Max) |
Moisture (K.F.) | : | 0.25 % Max. |
Note :- The product can also be supplied as per specifications provided by the client’s
Packing & Marking :- As per client’s requirements. |