ASTM D331-11

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Designation:D331–05 Designation: D331 – 11
Standard Specification for
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2-Ethoxyethanol
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D331; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope*
1.1 This specification covers 2-ethoxyethanol.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 The following applies to all specified limits in this standard; for purposes of determining conformance with this standard,
an observed value or a calculated value shall be rounded off “to the nearest unit” in the last right-hand digit used in expressing
the specification limit, in accordance with the rounding-off method of Practice E29.
1.4 For hazard information and guidance, see the supplier’s Material Safety Data Sheets.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D268 Guide for Sampling and Testing Volatile Solvents and Chemical Intermediates for Use in Paint and Related Coatings and
Material
D1078 Test Method for Distillation Range of Volatile Organic Liquids
D1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)
D1353 Test Method for Nonvolatile Matter in Volatile Solvents for Use in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Products
D1364 Test Method for Water in Volatile Solvents (Karl Fischer Reagent Titration Method)
D1613 Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related
Products
D4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
D5386 Test Method for Color of Liquids Using Tristimulus Colorimetry E1Specification for ASTM Liquid-in-Glass
Thermometers
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
E300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
2.2 U. S. Federal Specification:
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PPP-C-2020 Chemicals, Liquid, Dry, and Paste: Packaging of
3. Properties
3.1 2-Ethoxyethanol shall conform to the following requirements:
Apparent specific gravity:
20/20°C 0.929 to 0.932
or
25/25°C 0.926 to 0.929
A
Color, Pt-Co scale, max 15
Distillation range, 760 mm Hg, °C as:
Initial boiling point, min 134.0
Dry point, max 136.0
Nonvolatile matter, max, mg/100 mL 5
B
Water, max, weight % 0.1
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials, and Applications and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee D01.35 on Solvents, Plasticizers, and Chemical Intermediates.
Current edition approved May 15, 2005. Published May 2005. Originally approved in 1932. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D331–95(1999). DOI:
10.1520/D0331-05. Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2011. Published November 2011. Originally approved in 1932. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D331 – 05.
DOI: 10.1520/D0331-11.
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This compound is also known under the name ethylene glycol monoethyl ether.
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Acidity (free acid as acetic acid), max, weight % 0.01
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InstrumentalPt-CocolordeterminedbyTestMethodD5386havebeenshowntohavenostatisticallysignificantdifferencefromPt-CocolordeterminedbyTestMethod
D1209. However, it is not known whether 2–exthoxyethanol was part of the sample set included in the interlaboratory study.
B
This quantitative water limit ensures that the material is miscible without turbidity with 19 volumes of 99 % heptane at 20°C.
C
Equivalent to 0.1 mg of KOH per gram of material.
4. Sampling
4.1 The material shall be sampled in accordance with Practice E300.
5. Test Methods
5.1 The properties enumerated in this
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