Sodium citrate is colorless or white crystal and crystalline powder. It is inodorous and taste salt, cool. It will loss crystal water at 150° C and decompose at more high temperature. It dissolves in ethanol.
Sodium citrate is used to enhance flavor and maintain stability of active ingredients in food and beverage in detergent industry, it can replace Sodium tripolyphosphate as a kind of safe detergent it can aloe be used in fermentation, injection, photography and metal plating
	
	
		
			
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					ITEM
				 
				
					STANDARD
				 
			
				 
			
					CHARACTERISTIC
				 
				
					WHITE CRYSTAL POWDERS
				 
			
				 
			
					IDENTIFICATION
				 
				
					PASS TEST
				 
			
				 
			
					APPEARANCE OF SOLUTION
				 
				
					PASS TEST
				 
			
				 
			
					ALKALINITY
				 
				
					PASS TEST
				 
			
				 
			
					LOSS ON DRYING
				 
				
					11.00-13.00%
				 
			
				 
			
					HEAVY METALS
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 5PPM
				 
			
				 
			
					OXALATES
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 100PPM
				 
			
				 
			
					CHLORIDES
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 50PPM
				 
			
				 
			
					SULPHATES
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 150PPM
				 
			
				 
			
					PH VALUE (5% AQUEOUS SOLUTION)
				 
				
					7.5-9.0
				 
			
				 
			
					PURITY
				 
				
					99.00-100.50%
				 
			
				 
			
					READILY CARBONISABLE SUBSTANCES
				 
				
					PASS TEST
				 
			
				 
			
					PYROGENS
				 
				
					PASS TEST
				 
			
				 
			
					ARSENIC
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 1PPM
				 
			
				 
			
					LEAD
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 1PPM
				 
			
				 
		
	
					MERCURY
				 
				
					NOT MORE THAN 1PPM