Properties: White crystal powder without any visible foreign matters. Soluble in water, slightly soluted in alcohol, dissolvable in benzene, ether and petroleum ether etc., Esters will be formed by reaction with common organic acid; No reaction take place when it is heated with dilute caustic solution. Uses: Pentaerythritol is used in the manufacture of Alkyd resins, fatty acid rosin and tall oil esters and to make paint and coatings, printing ink, coating adhesives, explosives, sealants, varnish, lacquer, vinyl chloride, synthetic rubber and miscellaneous including pentaerythritol tetranitrate $PETN$, urethane coatings, flame retardant paints, polyvinyl chloride stabilizers, olefins antioxidant and pentaerythritol triacrylate. INDEXCONTENT MONOPENTAERYTHRITOL98% min HYDROXYL GROUPS49%min ASH0.03% max loss on heating0.2%MAX Melting point250 oC PHTHALIC COLOR2 max $Gardner