Fengda Chemicals Corp.

Citric Acid

Molecular formula：C₆H₈O₇;C₆H₈O₇.H₂O

Molecular weight：192.1;210.14

CAS No.：77-92-9;5949-29-1

Property：

AnhydrousProperty: colorless or white crystalline powder. deliquescent in humid air and efflorescent in dry air.

MonohydrateProperty: colourless crystals or white crystalline granules (technical grade with light yellow colour), odorless, taste intensely tart flavour, readily soluble in water and ethanol.

Usage：it is used as sour agent and preservative in food industry, preparation of citrate in pharmaceutical industry it also can be used as detergent in ordinary industry.

Packing：It is packed with plastic bag as liner, two layers, kraft-bags, as the intermediate layer and a chemical fibre woven bag as the outer layer the net weight each bag is 25kg.

Specification：

Item	Anhydrous	Monohydrate
According to	BP98/BP2011/BP2014	BP98/BP2011/BP2014
Solubility	Conforming with test	Conforming with test
clarity and color of solution	20% water solution clarity	20% water solutionclarity
Assay	99.5%-101%	99.5%-101%
Water	0.5% Max	7.5%-9%
Sulfate	150ppm Max	150ppm Max
Readily carbonisable substances	Standard colour	Standard colour
Barium	Conforming with test	Conforming with test
Calcium	200ppm Max	200ppm Max
Heavy metals	5ppm Max	5ppm Max
Lead(PB)	0.5ppm Max	0.5ppm Max
Iron	50ppm Max	50ppm Max
Chloride	50ppm Max	50ppm Max
Oxalate	100ppm Max	100ppm Max
Sulfated ash	0.05% Max	0.05% Max
Tridodecylamine	0.1ppm Max	0.1ppm Max
Arsenic	1ppm Max	1ppm Max
Arganic volatile impurities	Conforming with test	Conforming with test
Bacterial endotoxins	0.5 I.U./mg Max	0.5 I.U./mg Max
Mercury	1ppm Max	1ppm Max
Aluminum	0.2ppm Max	0.2ppm Max