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

Hexane
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Hexane C6H14 = 86.2 (110-54-3)

Colourless, flammable liquid, practically insoluble in water, miscible with anhydrous ethanol.

bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_h_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts d_20_20.png, 0.659 to 0.663; bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_h_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts n_20_d.png, 1.375 to 1.376.

Distillation range (2.2.11). Not less than 95% distils between 67° and 69°.

Hexane used in spectrophotometry complies with the following additional test.

Minimum transmittance (2.2.25) using water as compensation liquid: 97% from 260 nm to 420 nm.