SPECIFICATION OF WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY IP

1.Description : White, translucent, soft mass, not more than

Slightly florescent by daylight even when melted

Odourless when rubbed on the skin.

2. Solubility : Test Passes

3. Acidity & Alkanity : Test Passes

4. Light Absorbtion : Test passes

Extinction of a 1-cm layer of a 0.05% w\v solution in iso octain at

290nm : 0.0019 (limit: max 0.5)

5. Melting range : Complies, M.pt 45 deg C (limit 38 deg to 56 deg)

6. Fixed Oils, fats&rosin : Test passes

7. Foreign organic matter : Test passes

8. Consistency : 214 (Limit :100 to 300)

9. Sulphated Ash : 0.003% (Limit max 0.1%)