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| Position:Lian Yungang Kede Chemical Industry |
POTASSIUM CITRATE (FOOD ADDITIVE) |
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POTASSIUM CITRATE (FOOD ADDITIVE) |
Potassium Citrate |
- Chemical Name: Potassium Citrate
- Formula: K3C6H5O7·H2O
- Molecular Weight: 324.41
- Specificity: white crystal or crystalline powder; taste salty,readily deliquescence, readily soluble in water or glycerine
(1g/0.5ml water), relative density; 1.98, when
heated to 230℃,it will melt and decompose.
- Quality standard:
Name of index |
B14889-1994 |
BP93 |
Appearance |
white crystal or crystalline powder |
Content,% |
≥99.0 |
99.0~101.0 |
Alkalinity |
Accord with the tes |
Accord with the tes |
Heavy metal(As Pb),% |
≤0.001 |
≤0.001 |
Arsenic (As),% |
≤0.0003 |
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Loss on drying,% |
3.0~6.0 |
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Oxalates,% |
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≤0.03 |
Sulphates,% |
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≤0. 15 |
Sodium base,% |
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≤0.3 |
Chlorides(Cl),% |
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≤0.005 |
Moisture, |
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4.0~7.0 |
Easy carbonify substance,% |
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Accord with the test |
Sample wine transparency and colour |
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Accord with the test |
- USES: In food industry,it is used as buffer, chelate agent,s
tabilizer, antibiotic oxidizer, emulsifier, flavor regulator.
Used in dairy products,jellies,jam,meat, tinned pastry.Used
as emulsifiera in cheese and used in citrus freshening. In
pharmaceutical, it is used for curing hypokalemia, potassium
depletion and alkalization of urine.
- Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner, and a composite paper bag as the outer layer.The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
- Storage and Transport: It should be stored in a cool,ventilative and
dry warehouse,kept away from moisture and hot,futhermore, it should be
stored separately from poisonous. Avoid damage to the bags. Its
expiry date is eighteen month.
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