描述
What is citric acid?
Citric Acid is mainly used as flavoring agent, preservative and antistaling agent in food and beverage industry. Citric Acid also can be used as antioxidant, plasticizer, detergent in chemical, cosmetics and detergent industries. As a food additive, Citric Acid Anhydrous is an essential food ingredient in our food supply. As a leading food additives and food ingredients supplier in China, we can provide you with high quality Citric Acid Anhydrous.
Application of citric acid
- Citric acid is a useful ingredient in beverages, jams, jellies, candies and frozen foods. It is also added in gelatin and fruit-based desserts as well as in canned vegetables and meat products. Citric acid preserves food and enhances flavor.
- Citric acid’s ability to chelate metals makes it useful in soaps and laundry detergents. By chelating the metals in hard water,it lets these cleaners produce foam and work more efficiently without the need for water softening.
- Citric acid is used to regenerate the ion exchange materials used in water softeners by stripping off the accumulated metal ions as citrate complexes.
- Citric Acid is used in the biotechnology industry to passivate high purity process piping in substitution for using nitric acid. Citric acid is a hazardous disposal issue once it is used for this purpose, while citric acid is not.
COA of citric acid
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Testing Item
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Citric Acid Anhydrous
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Citric Acid Monohydrate
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Assay/%
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99.5~100.5
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99.5~101.5
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Water/%
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≤0.5
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≤7.5~9
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Sulphated Ash
(Residue On Ignition)/% |
≤0.05
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≤0.05
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Sulphate/%
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≤0.01
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≤0.015
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Oxalate/%
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≤0.01
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≤0.01
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Calcium(Ca)/%
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≤0.02
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≤0.02
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Iron(Fe)/%
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≤0.0005
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≤0.0005
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Chloride(Cl)/%
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≤0.005
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≤0.005
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Readily Carbureted Substances/%
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K≤1.0
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K≤1.0
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Arsenic(As)/%
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≤0.0001
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≤0.0001
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Heavy metal(Pb)/%
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≤0.00005
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≤0.00005
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Package and Storage
Paper plastic bag or three layer kraft paper bag, net weight of each bag is 25kg;Packed in polypropylene container bags of 500kg or 1000kg net each.
keep away from light in cool, dry and ventilated place, avoid mixing with poisonous, peculiar smell and colored powder.
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Lanyao Water Treatment Co., Ltd. was founded in the early 1990s. After two relocations, it is now located in the chemical area of the industrial concentration zone in Xushe Town, Yixing City, with a plant area of 17000 square meters. Our company is a professional water treatment enterprise specializing in the research, production, sales, and technical services of water treatment chemicals, with a registered capital of 30 million RMB. Achieve an annual profit and tax of over 10 million RMB. Our company currently has more than 70 employees and has a complete set of production and quality management systems. Our company has advanced equipment and domestically advanced testing equipment and has won the trust and praise of users with high-quality products and excellent services.
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