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Citric Acid Monohydrate

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Description

Specification:
Item Unit BP 2009 USP 32 FCC 6 E 330 GB1987-2007
Characters White Crystalline Powders,Colorless Crystals or Granules
Identification Pass Test
Color & Clarity of Solution Pass Test Pass Test / Pass Test /
Assay % 99.5-100.5 99.5-100.5
Water % 7.5-9.0 7.5-9.0 ≤8.8 7.5-8.8 7.5-9.0
Light Transmittance % / / / / ≥95
Calcium ppm / / / ≤75 ≤200
Iron ppm / / / ≤5 ≤5
Arsenic ppm / / / ≤1 ≤1
Mercury ppm / / / ≤1 /
Heavy Metals ppm ≤10 ≤10 / ≤5 /
Oxalate ppm ≤360 ≤360 Pass Test ≤100 ≤100
Chloride ppm / / / / ≤50
Sulphate ppm ≤150 ≤150 / ≤150 ≤150
Readily Carbonisable Substances Not Darker than Standard Not Darker than Standard Pass Test Pass Test ≤1.0
Sulphated Ash % ≤0.1 ≤0.1 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05
Volatile Organic Impurities / / Pass Test
Tridodecylamine mg/kg / / ≤0.1
Lead ppm / / ≤0.5 ≤0.5 ≤0.5
Aluminum ppm ≤0.2 ≤0.2 / / /
Bacterial Endotoxins IU/mg <0.5 Pass Test / / /
Water Insoluble Substances / / / / Filtration time not more than 1 min;Filter membrane basically doesn’t change color;Visual mottled particles not more than 3.
Usage:Citric Acid is mainly used as acidulant,flavoring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry.it is also used as antioxidant,plasticizer and detergent in chemical,cosmetics and cleaning industries.

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