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Property
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HMW
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Test Method
|
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Appearance
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Clear colourless liquid, free from contamination
|
Visual inspection versus standard
|
Monoalkylbenzene
content - total material less paraffin
and DAT
|
98.6% min
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1 or
GLC UOP 673
|
|
Linear alkylbenzene
|
92.0% min
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
GLC UOP 673
|
Alkylbenzene + DAT +
diphenylalkane
|
8.0% max
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
GLC UOP 673
|
|
C chain length distribution
|
% typical range
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
|
|
phenyl C9
|
1.0 max
|
GLC UOP 673
|
|
phenyl C10
|
5 - 15
|
|
|
phenyl C11
|
28 - 45
|
|
|
phenyl C12
|
28 - 40
|
|
|
phenyl C13
|
10 - 30
|
|
|
>/=phenyl C14
|
1.0 max
|
|
|
MMW
|
239 - 243
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
GLC UOP 673
|
|
Total 2-phenyl isomer
|
18 - 32
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
GLC UOP 673
|
|
Acid Wash test : 96% acid
|
Not Specified
|
|
|
Moisture (mg/kg)
|
200 max
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
|
|
Br-index(mg Br2/100g)
|
10 max
|
ASTM 1491 UOP 304
|
|
Dialkyltetralin/indane
|
1.0 % max
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
ECOSOL HPLC
|
|
Paraffin content
|
0.4 % max
|
UMA B.IIc.1.1.1
GLC UOP 673
|
|
Colour
|
10 max klett, or +30 Saybolt, or R=0.2 max, Y=0.5max
|
Klett Saybolt Lovibond
|
|
Relative density @20°C
|
0.855 - 0.870
|
astm d1298 uma b.ii.a.16
|
|
Trace metal content
|
|
AAS
|
|
Cr+Co +Ni
|
5 (max.)
|
|
|
Iron
|
5 (max.)
|
|