Citrates

Potassium citrate

Potassium citrate

Short Description:

It is white crystal or powder, odorless, tasting salty. It’s slightly deliquescent, easily soluble in water or glycerine, almost insoluble in ethanol. Relative density is 1.98. It will melt and decompose when heated to 230 ℃

Product Detail

Chemical Name: Potassium citrate
Molecular Formula: K3C6H5O7 ·H2O
Molecular Weight: 324.41
CAS: 6100/5/6
Character: It is white crystal or powder, odorless, tasting salty. It’s slightly deliquescent, easily soluble in water or glycerine, almost insoluble in ethanol. Relative density is 1.98. It will melt and decompose when heated to 230 ℃.
Uses: In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelate agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsifier and flavoring. It can be used in dairy product，jelly, jam, meat and tinned pastry. It also can be used as emulsifier in cheese and refreshing in oranges and etc. In pharmaceutical, it is used for hypokalimia, potassium depletion and alkalization of urine.
Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as liner and a compound paper-plastic woven bag as the outer layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
Quality index: (GGB14889-94.BP2009. USP32.FCC-V
Name of index GB14889-94 BP2009 USP32 FCC-V
Appearance White or light yellow crystal or powder White or light yellow crystal or powder White or light yellow crystal or powder White or light yellow crystal or powder
Content(K3C6H5O7) ≥% 99 99.0-101.0 99.0-100.5 99.0-100.5
Heavy metal(AsPb) ≤% 0.001 0.001 0.001 -
 AS ≤% 0.0003 0.0001 0.0001
Loss on drying % 3.0-6.0 - 3.0-6.0 3.0-6.0
Lead - - -
Moisture%  - 4.0-7.0 -
Cl ≤% - 0.005 -
Sulphate Salt≤% - 0.015 -
Qxalates ≤% - 0.03 -
Sodium ≤% - 0.3 -
Alkalinity Pass test> Pass test Pass test Pass test
Readily Carbonisable Substances - Pass test - -
Transparenly and color of sample - Pass test - -
Pyrogens - - - -
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