White or light yellow crystal powder, a strong smell of sulfur dioxide,relative density is 1.4, easy to dissolve in water and glycerin, water solution. It has acidity,and its solubility will become large while raising the temperature and is less to dissolve in ethanol.
Item | Quality Index | Monohydrate citric acid | |
Assay | Food Grade | Industry Grade | |
Water | 98.0% min | 96.0% min | |
ulfate | 65.0% min | 65.0% min | |
Readily carbonisable substances | 0.0002% max | - | |
Barium | 0.0005% max | - | |
Calcium | 0.0005% max | - | |
Lead(PB) | 0.001% max | 0.002% max | |
Iron | 0.02% max | 0.05% max | |
Chloride | 4.0-4.8 | 4.0-4.8 | |
Remark : | Conformed with FCC V and E 223 Standard |
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