Chemical Name: CAMPHOR?????????????????? RM Control No.:__________

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PARAMETERS USP	STANDARD	RESULT	REMARKS
Description	Colourless or white crystals, granules, or crystalline masses; or colourless to white, translucent, tough masses. Has a penetrating, characteristic odour. Slowly volatilizes at ordinary temperatures.
Solubility	Slightly soluble in water; very soluble in alcohol, in chloroform, and in ether; freely soluble in carbon disulfide, in solvent hexane, and in fixed and volatile oils.
Melting range <741>	Between 174?and 179?o:p>
Specific rotation <781S>	For natural camphor between +41?and?+ 43?o:p> Synthetic Camphor is optically inactive (c: 100 mg per ml , alcohol )
Water	A 1 in 10 solution in solvent hexane is clear.
Limit of nonvolatile residue	The weight of the residue does not exceed 1.0 mg (0.05 %)
Halogens	The turbidity does not exceed that produced in a blank test with 0.05 ml of 0.02 N hydrochloric acid ( 0.035 %)

QC DISPOSITION:??[????? ]?PASSED???????????????[ ?????]?REJECT

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Revised June , 2005 GAM ?????????????????????Approved By:_____________________