Citric Acid Monohydrate(CAM)

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Product Descriptions：

Citric acid monohydrate is an organic compound with a molecular formula of C6H10O8. It is mainly used in food and beverage industry as an acid flavor agent, flavoring agent, preservative and fresh-keeping agent. It is also used as antioxidant, plasticizer and detergent in chemical industry, cosmetics industry and washing industry.

ITEM	SPECIFICATION	RESULT
Appearance	White or almost white,crystalline powder, colourless crystals or granules. Odorless,has a strongly acid taste. Verysoluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol.	Pass
Identification	Pass test	Pass test
Clarity&Colour of Solution	Pass test	Pass test
Purity	99.5~100.5%	99.94%
Moisture	7.5-9.0 %	8.7%
Sulphated Ash	≤0.05%	0.02%
Sulphate	≤150ppm	<150ppm
Oxalic acid	≤100ppm	<100ppm
Heavy Metals	≤10ppm	<10ppm
Readily Carbonisable Substance	Pass test	Pass test
Bacterial Endotoxin	<0.5IU/mg	<0.5IU/mg
Aluminium	≤0.2ppm	<0.2ppm
Lead	≤0.5ppm	<0.5ppm
Arsenic	≤1ppm	< 1ppm
Mercury	≤1ppm	< 1ppm
Mesh	30-100MESH	The product is in conformity with BP/USP/FCC/E330.

Application：

➤ In the food industry, it is used as the acidulant in the making of soda, candy, biscuit, can, jam, juice and so on.Moreover, it can be used as the antioxidant of grease.
➤ In the medicine industry, it is the raw material of many pharmaceuticals, such as ferric ammonium citrate (blood tonic), sodium citrate (blood transfusion agent) and so on. Moreover, citric acid is also used as the acidulant in lots of medicines.
➤ In the chemical industry, esters of citric acid can be taken as the non-toxic plasticizer to make the plastic film of food package.
➤ It can be used as both the auxiliary agent in the industrial and civil detergent to make nuisanceless detergent and the retarder in concrete. Moreover, it is also applied to industries like electroplating, leather and ink.