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

Petroleum Spirit
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Petroleum Spirit Petroleum ether; light petroleum

Analytical reagent grades of commerce.

Colourless, volatile, highly flammable liquids obtained from petroleum, consisting of a mixture of the lower members of the paraffin series of hydrocarbons supplied in the following fractions:

boiling range, 30° to 40°; weight per mL, about 0.63 g,

boiling range, 40° to 60°; weight per mL, about 0.64 g,

boiling range, 50° to 70°; weight per mL, about 0.66 g,

boiling range, 60° to 80°; weight per mL, about 0.67 g,

boiling range, 80° to 100°; weight per mL, about 0.70 g,

boiling range, 100° to 120°; weight per mL, about 0.72 g,

boiling range, 120° to 160°; weight per mL, about 0.75 g.