Basic Info.
Product Description
High Quality Food Additives Potassium Citrate CAS 866-84-2 Tripotassium Citrate Anhydrous
Potassium citrate as known as Tripotassium citrate. Potassium citrate is a citrate which is a white, slightly hygroscopic, crystalline powder. Odorless, with the taste of saline, soluble in water, soluble in glycerol, insoluble in alcohol, taste salty and cold. For preservatives, stabilizers and pH buffers and so on. Medically, it can be used to control uric acid or cystine from or kidney stones for the prevention and treatment of hypokalemia and alkalinization of urine.
| ITEM | EP6.0 | USP32 |
Characters | white or almost white, granular powder |
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Identification | It responds to the tests for potassium and for citrate | |
Appearance of solution | Clear and colorless | |
Assay (Anhydrous basis) | 99.0-101.0% | 99.0-100.5% |
Water | NMT1.0% | NMT 1.0% |
Acidity or Alkalinity | Confirm to the test | |
Readily carbonisable substances | Confirm to the test | |
Chlorides | NMT50ppm | |
Oxalates | NMT300ppm | |
Sulphates | NMT150ppm | |
Sodium | NMT0.3% | |
Heavy metals | NMT10ppm | NMT 0.001% |
Arsenic | NMT3ppm | |
Tartrate | Conform to the test | |
Alkalinity | 0.2 | |
1.As a preservative, stabilizer and pH buffer. China's regulations can be used for all kinds of food, according to production needs to be used in moderation.
2.Used in food, medicine and other industries, as buffer, chelating agent, flavoring agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsifying salt, etc.
3.Commonly used as analytical reagents, also used in pharmaceutical industry; Used in food, medicine and other industries, as buffer, chelating agent, flavoring agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsified salt, etc.
For the food industry as a buffer, chelating agents, stabilizers, antioxidants, emulsifiers, flavorings and so on. Can be used for milk and dairy products, jelly, jam, meat, canned water gel dessert, cheese emulsification, fresh citrus, etc .; pharmaceutical industry for hypokalemia and potassium deficiency and alkalinization of urine. Can also be made into efficient compound fertilizer, but also for paper, gold and other industries.
