---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 21.107"
title: "27"
number: "21.107"
heading: "Ethyl acetate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/21.107"
---

# §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](/cfr/27/part29.md), page 70, Standard No. D 302-58 (1975); for incorporation by reference, see [§ 21.6(b)](/cfr/27/21.6.md?p=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](/cfr/27/part29.md), page 433, Standard No. D 3127-77; for incorporation by reference, see [§ 21.6(b)](/cfr/27/21.6.md?p=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).

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 26 U.S.C. 5242, 7805.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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