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Description :
Propylene Glycol Pharmacopoeia Grade is a clear, colourless,
odourless and tasteless liquid used as a solvent in extraction
of crude drugs and preparations in pharmaceutical industry.
Propylene Glycol Pharmacopoeia Grade is used as a solvent
for flavours, extracts, drug & food anti - oxidants; a
heat transfer medium; an emollient and humectant and plasticizer
for tobacco products, baked foods, coconut, cellophane, cork,
adhesives and paper products; a lubricant and mould inhibitor
for food processing equipment. A medium for cosmetics preparations
like cold creams, vanishing creams, shaving creams and shampoos.
Propylene glycol is used as an excipient (non-active ingredient)
in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. It is also
used as a humectant and emulsifier in the production of food
and personal care products and in liquid laundry detergents.
AVAILABILITY
:
Propylene Glycol Pharmacopoeia Grade is available in bulk
or in non - returnable resinlined steel drums of approx. 215
kg net wt.
STORAGE & HANDLING :
Propylene Glycol Pharmacopoeia Grade is stable over long
periods of storage & due to its low vapour pressure, toxicity
and flammability, Propylene Glycol presents no special problems.Store
in dry, cool locations. Being an hygroscopic material should
be kept air tight.
PROPERTIES AND TYPICAL VALUES
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
PHARMACOPOEIA GRADE
| Specific Gravity
@ 25 oC |
1.037
- 1.039 |
| IBP oC |
186 |
| FBP oC |
189 |
| Flash Point PMCC
Tag Closed Cup oC |
99 |
| Freezing Point
oC |
Super Cools <
- 60 |
| Viscosity @ 25
oC cp |
45.7 |
| Refractive Index |
1.4327 |
| Suspended Matter |
Substantially free |
| Solubility in water |
Complete |
| Acidity wt % as
acetic acid max |
0.002 |
| Chlorides ppm as
Cl. max: |
1.0 |
| Colour Pt-Co max: |
10 |
| Iron ppm, max: |
0.5 |
| Residue on Ignition
wt % max: |
0.005 |
| Heavy Metals ppm
as Pb. Max: |
5.00 |
| Arsenic ppm. Max: |
1.0
as As (1.3 as AsO ) |
| Sulfate wt% max: |
0.006 |
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