| Chemical Name: |
Tricalcium Phosphate |
| Molecular Formula: |
Ca3(PO4)2·H2O |
| Molecular Weight: |
1004.64 |
| Properties: |
Mixture of different phosphorus calcium,main component is 10 CaO·3P2O5·H2O,white shapeless powder, odourless,tasteless,relative density 3.18,difficultly soluble in water,easily soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid,nitric acid, stable in air. |
| Quality standard: |
FCC-V,E341(iii) |
| Application: |
In food industry,it is used as anticoagulant,nutritional supplement,calcium intensifier PH regulator buffer,such as flour anticoagulant,additive for milk powder,sweets,pudding,and meat,refined aid agent for animal oil, yeast food and so on. |
| Packing: |
It is packed with plastic bag as liner,and a compound plastic woven bag as the outer layer. The net weight each bag is 25kg. |
| Storage and transport: |
It should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse; kept away from moisture. Furthermore,it should be stored separately from poisonous substances. |
|
Index item |
FCC-V |
E341(iii) |
|
Content≥% |
-- |
90 |
|
P2O5 Content, % |
-- |
38.5-48.0 |
|
Appearance |
White floating crystalline powder |
A white odourless powder which is stable in air |
|
Identity test |
-- |
Positive tests for calcium and for phosphate |
|
Solubility test |
-- |
Practically insoluble in water, insoluble in ethanol soluble in dilute hydrochloric and nitric acid |
|
Content(Calcium), % |
34.0-40.0 |
-- |
|
Arsenic, ≤mg/kg |
3 |
3 |
|
Fluorine, ≤mg/kg |
75 |
50 |
|
Heavy metal(in lead),≤% |
-- |
-- |
|
Lead, ≤mg/kg |
2 |
4 |
|
Cadmium, ≤mg/kg |
-- |
1 |
|
Mercury, ≤mg/kg |
-- |
1 |
|
Loss on ignition, ≤% |
10.0 |
8 |
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