Potassium Citrate
· Chemical Name: Potassium Citrate
· Formula: K3C6H5O7·H2O
· Molecular Weight: 324.41
· Specificity: white crystal granule or powder, inodorous, readily deliquescence, readily soluble
in water or glycerine (1g/0.5ml water), relative density; 1.98, when heated to 230℃,it will melt
and decompose.
· Quality standard:
Name of index | B14889-1994 | BP93 |
Appearance | white crystal or crystalline powder | |
Content,% | ≥99.0 | 99.0～101.0 |
Alkalinity | Accord with the tes | Accord with the tes |
Heavy metal（As Pb），% | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 |
Arsenic (As)，% | ≤0.0003 | --- |
Loss on drying,% | 3.0～6.0 | --- |
Oxalates，% | --- | ≤0.03 |
Sulphates，% | --- | ≤0. 15 |
Sodium base,% | --- | ≤0.3 |
Chlorides(Cl)，% | --- | ≤0.005 |
Moisture, | --- | 4.0～7.0 |
Easy carbonify substance,% | --- | Accord with the test |
Sample wine transparency and colour | --- | Accord with the test |
· USES: In food industry,it is used as buffer, chelate agent,stabilizer, antioxidants , emulsifier,
flavor regulator. Used in dairy products,jellies,jam,meat, tinned pastry.Used as emulsifie in
cheese and used in citrus freshening. In pharmaceutical, it is used for curing hypokalemia,
potassium depletion and alkalization of urine.
· Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner, and a composite paper bag as the outer
layer.The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
Storage and Transport: It should be stored in a cool, ventilative and dry warehouse,kept away from moisture and hot,futhermore, it should be stored separately from poisonous. Avoid damage to the bags. Its expiry date is eighteen month.