Citric Acid

Product Name:Citric Acid

Molecular Formula:C6H8O7

CAS NO.:5949-29-1

Specification：

ITEM	SPECIFICATION	RESULT
Appearance	Colorless or white crystal	Colorless or white crystal
Identification	Complies with the limit Test	Conforms
Clarity&Colour of Solution	Pass test	Pass test
Purity	99.5~101.0%	99.94%
Moisture	<1.0%	0.14%
Sulphated Ash	≤0.05%	0.01%
Sulphate	≤150ppm	≤150ppm
Oxalic acid	≤100ppm	≤100ppm
Heavy Metals	≤5ppm	≤5ppm
Readily Carbonisable Substance	Pass test	Pass test
Bacterial Endotoxin	<0.5IU/mg	<0.5IU/mg
Aluminium	≤0.2ppm	<0.2ppm
Lead	≤0.5ppm	<0.5ppm
Arsenic	≤1ppm	<1ppm
Mercury	≤1ppm	<1ppm
Mesh	30-100MES	Conforms

Application:

Food industry:
Citric acid is known as the first edible sour agent, China GB2760-1996 is requirements for allowing the use of food acidity regulator. In food industry widely used as sour agent, solubilizer, buffering agent, antioxidant, removing fishy smell removing sweetening agent, chelating agent, its specific purpose, numerous enumeration.

Pharmaceutical industry：
Effervescent is popular oral drug ingredients release system, citric acid and sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate solution common reaction produce large quantities of CO2 (i.e. effervescent) and sodium citrate, can quickly dissolve and enhance the ability to taste the active pharmaceutical ingredient. For example, the cathartic and painkillers increase dissolution.

Packing：

25kg/bag;50kg/bag

or according to customers' requirements