Ethyl alcohol, pure

product name

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

vapor density

1.59 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

44.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

grade

absolute
puriss. p.a.

Assay

≥99.8% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

683 °F

quality

sales not in Germany¹

expl. lim.

19 %, 60 °F

impurities

furfural, in accordance
≤0.0001% free alkali (as NH₃)
≤0.0001% heavy metals (as Pb)
≤0.0003% KMnO₄ red. matter (as O)
≤0.0005% free acid (as CH₃COOH)
≤0.001% acetone (GC)
≤0.001% aldehydes (as CH₃CHO)
≤0.001% non-volatile matter
≤0.003% 2-propanol
≤0.003% carbonyl compounds (as CO)
≤0.02% methanol (GC)
≤0.05% iso-amyl alcohol
≤0.2% water (Karl Fischer)

refractive index

n20/D 1.3600 (lit.)
n20/D 1.3612-1.3618

bp

78 °C (lit.)

mp

−114 °C (lit.)

density

0.789 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg
B: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg
Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Fe: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg
Pb: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Sn: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤0.1 mg/kg

SMILES string

CCO

suitability

complies for UV absorption
complies for appearance
complies for identity A
complies for identity B
passes test for reaction against H₂SO₄

format

neat

InChI

1S/C2H6O/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3

InChI key

LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N