Test items

Numerical value

testing method

effective content

≥99.0%

GC (BASF test method)

acidity

≤0.1 mg KOH/g

DIN EN ISO 2114

water content

≥0.3%

DIN 51 777

Chroma

≤15 APHA

DIN EN 1557

shape

scaly powder

color

colorless

odor

sweet

olfactory threshold

not applicable

pH value

4 - 7 (5 %(m))

Melting range

127.5 - 129.6 degrees (measured)

boiling point

210 degrees

Flash point

103 degrees (German Industrial Standard 51758)

Evaporation rate

Numerically approximately equal to Henry's law constant or vapor pressure

Flammability (solid/gas)

Does not burn (Directive 92/69/EEC, A.10)

Thermal decomposition

Will not decompose if properly stored and manipulated

spontaneous combustion

Based on its structural properties this product is defined as non-self-igniting

temperature

375℃