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Table 2 Fuel ethanol standards for major ethanol producing countries/region.

From: Agricultural byproducts-based biosorbents for purification of bioalcohols: a review

Characteristic

EU

Brazil

USA

Canada

India

Ethanol content (vol.%)

98.7

99.6

92.1

98.75

99.5

Water content, max. (vol.%)

0.3

 

> 1

0.1

0.1

Methanol max. (vol.%)

1

 

0.5

 

0.3

Inorganic chloride content max. (ppm)

20

 

40

  

Halogen max. (ppm)

 

1

 

10

 

Acidity (as acetic acid), max. (mg/l)

7 wt%

30

7

30

30

Copper content, max. (mg/kg)

0.1

0.07

0.1

0.1

0.1

pH

6.5–9.0

 

6.5–9.0

  

Density at 20 °C (kg/m3)

 

791.5

789

789

796

Electrical conductivity max. (μS/m)

 

500

  

300

Appearance

Clear and bright

Clear and impurity free

Clear and bright

 

Clear and bright