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Detailed Product Description

CITRIC ACID MONOHYDRATE BP98/93/2004/USP28/FCC IV/E330

Description:

Citric acid monohydrate is Colorless or white crystalline powder,mainly used as an acidulating, flavoring and preservative in foods and beverages. It is also used as an antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent builder.

Common characters:

Molecular Formula: C6H8O7·H2O

Molecular Weight210.14

Quality Index

Item	Unit	Standard (BP98)	Standard (E330)
CHARACTERISTICS		COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL	COLORLESS OR WHITE CRYSTAL
IDENTIFICATION TEST		PASS THE TEST	PASS THE TEST
CLARITY & COLOUR OF SOLUTION		20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY	20% WATER SOLUTION CLARITY
ASSAY	%	99.5-101.0	99.5-101.0
MOISTURE	%	7.5-9.0	≤8.8
SULPHATED ASH	%	≤0.1	≤0.05
SULPHATE	ppm	≤150
OXALATE	ppm	≤350	≤100
CALCIUM	ppm	≤200
HEAVY METALS	ppm	≤10	≤5
IRON	ppm	≤50
CHLORIDE	ppm	≤50
READILY CARBURETED SUBSTANCE		STANDARD COLOUR	STANDARD COLOUR
BARIUM		PASS THE TEST
BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN	IU/mg	≤0.5
ALUMINIUM	ppm	≤0.2
ARSENIC	ppm		≤1
MERCURY	ppm		≤1
LEAD	ppm		≤1

Main Application:

Citric Acid is mainly used as acidulant, flavouring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry. Moreover, it is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent in chemical, cosmetics and cleaning industries.

Food industry:

Citric acid monohydrate can be 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.

Medicine Industry:

Citric acid monohydrate can be 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.

Chemical Industry:

Citric acid monohydrate can be taken as the non-toxic plasticizer to make the plastic film of food package.

Other Application:

Citric acid monohydrate can be used as both the auxiliary agent in the industrial and civil detergent to make nuisanceless detergent and the retarder in concrete. Moreover, it is also applied to industries like electroplating, leather and ink.

Packing: The packing of Citric acid monohydrate includes 25kgs net, 500kgs net and 1000kgs net per bag with or without pallet.

Reservation: Kept in a light-proof, well-closed, dry and cool place.

Annual Capacity: 200,000tons