CAS: 866-84-2
Potassium Citrate
CAS No.:866-84-2
HS Code:29181500
Specification:BP/USP/E
Packing:25kg bag/drum/carton
Potassium citrate is a white transparent crystal or white granular powder, odorless, taste salty, cool feeling, the relative density is 1.98. Moisture absorption in the air easily deliquescence. Soluble in glycerin, almost insoluble in ethanol.
Application
In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelating agent, stabilizer, antibiotic oxidizer, emulsifier, flavor. Used in dairy product,jellies, jam, meat, tinned,pastry. Used as emulsifier in cheese and used in citrus freshening. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used for curing hypokalimia, potassium depletion and alkalization of urine.
Specifications
| Name of Index | BP98 | E-332(ii) |
| Description | White, hygroscopic, granular powder or transparent crystals | |
| Identification | Positive tests for citrate and for potassium | |
| Appearance of solution | Clear and colourless | — |
| Assay(on anhydrous basis),% | 99.0—101.0 | ≥99.0 |
| Chloride ,≤ppm | 50 | — |
| Heavy metals（As Pb）,≤ppm | 10 | 5 |
| Sodium,≤% | 0.3 | — |
| Oxalates,≤% | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Sulphates,≤% | 0.015 | — |
| Acidity or Alkalinity | Passes test | — |
| Readity carbonisable substances | Not deeper than standard | — |
| Loss on drying(180℃,4h) | 4.0-7.0 | ≤6% |
| pH(5% aqueous solution) | 7.5-9.0 | |
| Arsenic(As),≤ppm | — | 1 |
| Lead(Pb),≤ppm | — | 1 |
| Mercury(Hg),≤ppm | — | 1 |