Methyl benzoate is an aromatic substance with good dehydrating and alcohol detracting capacities. Generally it is used for paraffin embedding. After dehydration by increasing alcohol concentrations the sample is cleared by methyl benzoate and then embedded in paraffin.
Appearance | clear, colourless to light yellow liquid |
Assay (GC) | ≥99.0 % |
Density (d 20 °C/4 °C) | 1.085-1.089 |
Refractive index na | 1.516-1.518 |