Citrates

Sodium citrate

Sodium citrate

Short Description:

Colourless or white crystalline granule or crystalline powder, odorless, tastes salty and cool. soluble in water, difficulty in ethanol and slightly deliquescent in moist air, PH value is 7.6-8.6 in 5% aqueous solution.If heated to 150℃,it may lose crystal water.

Product Detail

Chemical Name:	Sodium citrate
Molecular Formula:	Na₃C₆H₅O₇·H₂O
Molecular Weight:	249.1
CAS:	1968/4/2
Character:	Colourless or white crystalline granule or crystalline powder, odorless, tastes salty and cool. soluble in water, difficulty in ethanol and slightly deliquescent in moist air, PH value is 7.6-8.6 in 5% aqueous solution.If heated to 150℃,it may lose crystal water.
Uses:	In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelae agent and nutrition supplement, emulsification, flavoring for yoghurt. If in cool drink, it can abirritate the sourness of citrate acid, prevent the acidification of dairy products. It is used as binder in cheese and minced meat, gelatinize in jellies and syrup, emulsification and stabilizer in cheese and ice cream.
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:	(GB6782-2009、 BP2009、FCC-V、USP32)
	Name of index	GB6782-2009	BP2009	FCC-V	USP32
	Appearance	White powder	White powder	White powder	White powder
	Content≥%	99.0-100.5	99.0-100.5	99.0-100.5	99.0-100.5
	Heavy metal(AsPb) ≤%	0.001	0.001	-	0.001
	Pb ≤%	0.0002	-	0.0002	-
	AS ≤%	0.0001	-	-
	Loss on drying%	10.0-13.0	-	10.0-13.0	10.0-13.0
	Cl ≤%	0.005	0.005	-
	Sulphate Salt≤%	0.01	0.015	-
	Qxalate Salt≤%	0.01	0.03	-
	Alkalinity%	Pass test	Pass test	Pass test	Pass test
	Readily Carbonisable Substances	1	Pass test	-
	Light transmittance	95.00%	Pass test	-	-
	water insoluble	Pass test	-	-	-
	Pyrogens	-	Pass test	-	-

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