IPA is used in the extraction and purification of natural products such as vegetable and animal oil and fats. Other applications include its use as a cleaning and drying agent in the manufacture of electronic parts and metals, and as an aerosol solvent in medical and veterinary products.
| Physical state | : | Liquid |
| Appearance | : | Liquid |
| Color | : | Colorless |
| Odor | : | Alcohol odour Stuffy odour Mild odour |
| Odor threshold | : | 3 - 610 ppm |
| 8 - 1499 mg/m³ | ||
| pH | : | No data available |
| Melting point | : | -88 °C |
| Freezing point | : | No data available |
| Boiling point | : | 82 °C (1013 hPa) |
| Critical temperature | : | 235 °C |
| Critical pressure | : | 47600 hPa |
| Flash point | : | 12 °C |
| Water | : | Complete |
| Ethanol | : | Complete |
| Ether | : | Complete |
| Acetone | : | soluble |
| Oxidizing properties | : | No data available |
