Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : PCD 26
Document Number : PCD 26 ( 25691)
Document Title [English] : p-NITROTOLUENE, TECHNICAL - SPECIFICATION (Second Revision)
Document Title [Hindi] : पी-नाइट्रोटोल्यूइन, तकनीकी — विशिष्टि (दूसरा पुनरीक्षण)
Document Type : Revision
Language : English
Priority : 2
ICS Code : 71.080.30
Date of Project Approval : 28-03-2023
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 3562: 1997
Standards to be Superseded :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 3562: 1997


Classification Details
Group : Chemicals, Plastics and their Products including packaging and Environment
Sub Group : Chemicals
Sub Sub Group : Organic chemicals
Aspects : Product Specification
Risk : High
Certification : Voluntary Certification
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers - Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC)
Sustainable development Goals :
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:

Division Council Chairperson Approval Details
Request Date: 09-09-2025
Status of Chairperson Approval: Division Council Chairperson approval uploaded by member secretary  (Click to View)
Division Council Chairperson : Dr. Mrs. N. Kalaiselvi
Attachment :  View
Sectional Committee Chairman Approval :
N/A


::Cross Referenced Indian Standard::
Sl. No. Is No & Year IS Title
1 IS 1070: 2023 Reagent Grade Water Specification (Fourth Revision)
2 IS 1260 : Part 1: 1973 Pictorial Marking for Handling and Labelling of Goods: Part 1 Dangerous Goods (First Revision)
3 IS 2552: 1989 Steel drums (galvanized and ungalvanized) -- Specification (Third Revision)
4 IS 5299: 2001 Methods of sampling and tests for dye intermediates (First Revision)

Sl.No. Synosis Points
1 p-Nitrotoluene (C7H7NO2) or 4-Nitrotoluene or 1-Methyl-4-Nitrobenzene is an intermediate used for the manufacture of p-toluidine, fuchsine and various other synthetic dyes, apart from its use in the manufacture of dinitrostilbene compounds. It is also a drug intermediate being the starting material for the preparation of p-nitrobenzoic acid which is used in the preparation of synthetic drugs like folic acid. This standard prescribes the requirements and methods of sampling and testing for p-nitro- toluene, technical.

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1 17-05-2024 17-09-2024 17-10-2024 17-02-2025 Ms. Anmol Agarwal 17-05-2024