1.Chemical name: Potassium citrate anhy
2.Molecular formuma: K3C6H5O7
3.Molecular weight:306.395
4.cas No.:866-84-2
5.Character: It is cololess or white powder. Odorless, tastes salty. relative density is 1.187. Soluble in water, insoluble in ethanol.
6.Usage: It is used as buffer agent, chelating 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 antistaling agent in oranges and so on. In pharmaceutical, it is used for hypokalimia, potassium depletion and alkalization for urine.
7.Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner layer and a compound plastic woven bag as outer layer, The net weight of each bag is 25kg
8.Storage and transportation: It should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse,kept away from heat and moisture during transportation .unloaded with care so as to avoid damage. Furthermore ,it must be stored separately from poisonous substances.
soecification |
FCCVII,BP,USP |
Content w/%≥ |
99% |
Light transmittance % ≤ |
95% |
Chlorides (Cl)w/% ≤ |
0.002 |
Sulphate w/% ≤ |
0.0001 |
Oxalate w/%≤ |
0.03 |
Total arsenic mg/kg ≤ |
1.0 |
Lead mg/kg |
2.0 |