UN No : 2023
CAS No : 106-89-8
Specific gravity at 20°C: 1.180-1.185
Purity: Min. 99.90% wt
Moisture: Max. 0.1% wt
Colour: APHA max. 15
Properties
Appearance: Clear colourless
liquid
Odour: Irritating odour similar to chloroform
Molecular weight: 92.53
Specific gravity: 1.18 (20/4 °C)
Viscosity: 1.03 cp. (28 °C)
Melting point: -25.6 °C
Boiling point: 117.9 °C
Vapour pressure: 1.6 Kpa
Vapour density: 3.19 (Air =1)
Solubility in water: 6.6 Wt % (20 °C)
Refractive index: 1.43585 (nD25)
Surface tension: 37.0 dynes/cm (20 °C)
Electrical conductivity: 20.8 (21.5 °C l = 60
cm)
Dielectric constant: 97.9 cal
Applications
Raw material for Epoxy resin
Used for production of various synthetic materials
like synthetic glycerin, elastomers, glycidyl
ethers and glycidyl methacrylate surfactants
Polyamide-epichlorohydrin wet strength resin
production in paper industry
Ion-exchange resin
Polyamide water treatment chemicals
Flame retardant
Quaternary amines
Used as a crosslinking agent in modified starch
Used in production of Zeospan, which is a specialty
polyether rubber used in automobiles
Packaging
220 kg/230kg steel drum, approval of international
maritime dangerous goods code (IMDG Code) and
the United Nations recommendations on the transport
of dangerous goods