| Chemical Name: |
2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricaboxylate Ca 3 |
| Molecular Formula: |
Ca3(C6H5O7)2·4H2O |
| Molecular Weight: |
324.41 |
| Properties: |
White powder, odourless, slightly deliquescence, difficultly soluble in water(0.095g/100ml ,25℃),almost insoluble in ethanol, When heated to 100℃, it may lose crystal water, when heated to 120℃,the crystal will lost water completely. |
| Quality standard: |
FCC-V,USP23 |
| Application: |
Chelant, buffering agent, coagulant, calcareous intensifying agent, According to GB1980-94, it can be used in soy and its products. According to the stiputations of FAO/WHO(1984),its uses and limitation are low powered concentrated milk, sweet condensed milk, thin cream, used separately 2g/kg, used together with other stabilizing agents 3g/kg(no water). Milk powder and cream powder 5g/kg, melting cheese 40g/kg. As intensified agent of jam and pectin, tomato tin, cooler and caseinate, its calcium content in theory is 21.07%. it can be used in flour, cookie,Japanese fermented soya-bean milk. |
| Packing: |
It is packed with polyethylene bag as liner and a compound plastic woven bag as the outer layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg. |
| Storage and transport: |
Kept in tightly-closed containers, it should be stored in a dry and ventilative warehouse, kept away from moisture and hot. Furthermore, it should be separately from poisonous substances. Handled with care, so as to avoid damage to bags. |
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Index item |
FCC-V |
USP23 |
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Appearance |
White crystalline powder |
|
Content(in dry basis), % |
97.5-100.5 |
97.5- 100.5 |
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Arsenic, ≤% |
-- |
0.0003 |
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Fluoride, ≤% |
0.003 |
0.003 |
|
Heavy metal（in Pb）, ≤% |
-- |
0.002 |
|
Loss on drying, % |
10.0-14.0 |
10.0-13.3 |
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Acid insolubles, ≤% |
-- |
0.2 |
|
Lead, ≤% |
0.0002 |
-- |
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