(a) Formula. To every 100 gallons of alcohol add:

Three gallons of ammonia, aqueous, 27 to 30 percent by weight; 3 gallons of strong ammonia solution, N.F.: 17.5 pounds of caustic soda, liquid grade, containing 50 percent sodium hydroxide by weight; 8.75 pounds of potassium hydroxide, on an anhydrous basis or 12.0 pounds of caustic soda, liquid grade, containing 73 percent sodium hydroxide by weight.

(b) Authorized uses.

(1) As a solvent:

141.   Shampoos.

142.   Soap and bath preparations.

210.   External pharmaceuticals, not U.S.P. or N.F.

450.   Cleaning solutions (including household detergents).

(2) As a raw material:

530.   Ethylamines.

540.   Dyes and intermediates.

579.   Other chemicals.

(3) Miscellaneous uses:

812.   Product development and pilot plant uses (own use only).

[T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983, as amended by T.D. TTB-140, 81 FR 59461, Aug. 30, 2016]


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