Product Description
Product Name: Sodium Citrate
Formular: Na3C6H5O.2H2O Molecular Weight: 294.10
Description: White crystalline granule or crystalline powder,soluble in water, difficulty in ethanol; slightly deliquescence in moist air, PH7.6-8.6 in 5% water solution, when heated to 150 http://www.modernchemic.com/images/shi.gif, it may lose crystal water.
Specification
| Name of index | Name of index | BP93 |
| Appearance | Colorless or white crystal or crystalline | - |
| Identification test | - | Accord with the test |
| Content(Na3C6H5O.2H2O) % | 99.0 | 99.0-100.5 |
| PH value | Accord with the stipulation | Accord with the tes |
| Sulphates, % | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Heavy metals(As Pb), % | 0.0005 | 0.001 |
| As,% | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| Pb, % | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| Oxalate,% | 0.05 | 0.035 |
| Calcium | Accord with the stipulation | Accord with the test |
| Fe,% | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Easy carbonify substance | Accord with the stipulation | Accord with the test |
| Chloride,% | 0.01 | 0.005 |
| Ba | Accord with the stipulation | Accord with the test |
| Loss on drying,% | - | 10.0-13.0 |
Packing:25kg paper or pp bags.Application: In food processing industry, it is used as buffer, chelate agent, nutrient additive, emulsifier, flavor for yoghurt. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used as anticoagulant and as preservative in syrup manufactured goods, Buffer acidity acid in cold drink, prevent acid in dairy products, used as binder in cheese and minced meat, acid coagulant in jellies and jam, emulsifier and stabilizer, in cheese and ice cream.
Storage and transport:It should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse. During transport and loading-unloading, it should be handled with care so as to avoid damage to bags; kept away from water and moisture, stored separately from poisonous substances.
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