27 CFR § 21.107 - Ethyl acetate.

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title: "27 CFR § 21.107 - Ethyl acetate."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "21.107"
section_name: "Ethyl acetate."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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part_number: "21"
part_name: "FORMULAS FOR DENATURED ALCOHOL AND RUM"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a); 26 U.S.C. 5242, 7805."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 21.107 Ethyl acetate.

(a) *85 percent ester:*

(1) *Acidity (as acetic acid).* Not more than 0.015 percent by weight.

(2) *Color.* Colorless.

(3) *Odor.* Characteristic odor.

(4) *Ester content.* Not less than 85 percent by weight.

(5) *Specific gravity at 20 °/20 °C.* Not less than 0.882.

(6) *Distillation range.* (For applicable ASTM method, see 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 29, page 70, Standard No. D 302-58 (1975); for incorporation by reference, see § 21.6(b).) When 100 mL of ethyl acetate are distilled by this method, none shall distill below 70 °C., not more than 10 mL shall distill below 72 °C., and none above 80 °C.

(b) *100 percent ester:*

(1) *Acidity (as acetic acid).* Not more than 0.010 percent by weight.

(2) *Color.* Colorless.

(3) *Odor.* Characteristic odor.

(4) *Ester content.* Not less than 99 percent by weight.

(5) *Specific gravity at 20 °/20 °C.* Not less than 0.899.

(6) *Distillation range.* (For applicable ASTM method, see 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 29, page 433, Standard No. D 3127-77; for incorporation by reference, see § 21.6(b).) When 100 mL of ethyl acetate are distilled by this method, not more than 2 mL shall distill below 75 °C., and none above 80 °C. (760 mm).

[T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-442, 66 FR 12854, Mar. 1, 2001]