| ≥1 piece |
Standard: BP98/EP/FCC/USP24
Purity: 99.5%-101%
10~40mesh, 30~100mesh
Properties: Colorless or white crystalline powder
Molecular Formula: C6H8O7
Molecular Weight: 192.13
CAS No.: 77-92-9
Applications: Citric acid is mainly used as an acidulant, flavorant and Preservative in foods and beverages, also used as an antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent builder.
Packing: 25kg net PP bag with PE liner, or 1000kg jumbo bag. 20 MT/20 feet container.
| Quality Standard of citric acid anhydrous | |||
| ITEM | UNIT | BP98 | USP24 |
| Description | Colourless Crystals or Crystal Powders | ||
| Identification | Pass | Pass | |
| Content | % | 99.5-101.0 | 99.5-100.5 |
| Moisture | % | ≤ 1.0 | ≤ 0.5 |
| Barium | Pass | / | |
| Calcium | ppm | ≤ 200 | / |
| Iron | ppm | ≤ 50 | / |
| Arsenic | ppm | ≤ 1 | ≤ 3 |
| Heavy Metals(as Pb) | ppm | ≤ 10 | ≤ 10 |
| Oxalate | ppm | ≤ 100 | Pass |
| Chloride | ppm | ≤ 50 | / |
| Sulphate | ppm | ≤ 150 | Pass |
| Carbonisables | Not darker than the standard | ||
| Sulphated Ash | % | ≤ 0.1 | ≤ 0.05 |
| Volatile Organic Impurities | / | Pass | |
| Lead | ppm | ≤ 1 | / |
| Aluminium | ppm | ≤ 0.2 | / |
| Bacteria Endotoxin | IU/mg | ≤ 0.5 | / |