Citric acid anhydrous and monohydrate
Mesh: anhydrous:8-30/30-100 monhydrate:8-20/8-40
H.S.CODE:29181400
Molecular formula: C6H8O7
Molecular weight: 192.14
Property: colorless crystals or white crystalline
Packing:25kg paper bags
Usage: 1. In the food industry, it is used as the acidulant in the making of soda, candy, biscuit, can, jam, juice and so on. Moreover, it can be used as the antioxidant of grease.
In the medicine industry, it is the raw material of many pharmaceuticals, such as ferric ammonium citrate (blood tonic), sodium citrate (blood transfusion agent) and so on. Moreover, citric acid is also used as the acidulant in lots of medicines.
In the chemical industry, esters of citric acid can be taken as the non-toxic plasticizer to make the plastic film of food package.
Citric acid anhydrous
ITEM |
STANDARD |
RESULTS |
ASSAY |
99.5%~100.5% |
99.85% |
LOSS ON DRYING |
≤1.0% |
0.2024% |
READILY CARBONISABLE SUBSTANCES |
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SULFATE ASH |
≤0.1% |
0.0254% |
IRON |
≤50PPM |
<5PPM |
CHLORIDE |
≤50PPM |
< 15ppm |
OXALATE |
≤100PPM |
< 40ppm |
SULPHATE |
≤150PPM |
< 3ppm |
HEAVY METALS |
≤5PPM |
< 3ppm |
ARSENIC |
≤1PPM |
< 0.5PPM |
CALCIUM |
≤200PPM |
<26PPM |
BARIUM |
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Citric acid monohydrate
ITEM |
STANDARD |
RESULTS |
ASSAY |
99.5%~100.5% |
99.70% |
LOSS ON DRYING |
7.5-8.8% |
8.2% |
READILY CARBONISABLE SUBSTANCES |
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SULFATE ASH |
≤0.1% |
0.05% |
IRON |
≤50PPM |
≤10PPM |
CHLORIDE |
≤50PPM |
≤30ppm |
OXALATE |
≤100PPM |
≤50ppm |
SULPHATE |
≤150PPM |
≤150ppm |
HEAVY METALS |
≤5PPM |
≤5ppm |
ARSENIC |
≤1PPM |
≤1PPM |
CALCIUM |
≤200PPM |
≤100PPM |
BARIUM |
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