{"data":{"id":"us/27-cfr-21.96","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"27 CFR 21.96","heading":"Ammonia, aqueous.","body":"(a) Alkalinity. Strongly alkaline to litmus.\n(b) Ammonia content. 27 to 30 percent by weight. Accurately weigh a glass-stoppered flask containing 25 mL of water, add about 2 mL of the sample, stopper, and weigh again. Add methyl red indicator, and titrate with 1 N sulfuric acid. Each mL of 1 N sulfuric acid is equivalent to 17.03 mg of NH3\n(c) Color. Colorless liquid.\n(d) Non-volatile residue. 2 mg maximum. Dilute a portion of the sample with 1 1/2 times its volume of distilled water. Evaporate 10 mL of this product to dryness in a tared platinum or porcelain dish. Dry residue at 105 °C. for 1 hour, cool and weigh.\n(e) Odor. Characteristic (exceedingly pungent).\n(f) Specific gravity at 20 °/4 °C. 0.8920 to 0.9010.","path":["Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms","CHAPTER I—ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—ALCOHOL","PART 21—FORMULAS FOR DENATURED ALCOHOL AND RUM","Subpart E—Specifications for Denaturants"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-27.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:11Z","sha256":"8d1a394b3853c573c657ca4a95bc4571950543c163d1201bf2657a1810f1d10f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/27-cfr-21.95","next":"us/27-cfr-21.97-21.98"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}