• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Petroleum, Light

Petroleum, Light Petroleum ether 50-70°; (8032-32-4)

A clear, colourless, flammable liquid without fluorescence, practically insoluble in water, miscible with ethanol (96%).

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Distillation range (2.2.11) 50° to 70°.