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Tripotassium Citrate 20-100 Mesh, Bp USP Food Grade Potassium Citrate Specification
Items | Standards |
Characters | White Crystalline Powder |
Acidity or Alkalinity | Pass |
Assay | 99.0%-101.0% |
Moisture | 4.0%-7.0% |
Sodium | ≤0.3% |
Readily Carbonisable Substances | Pass |
Heavy Metals | ≤10ppm |
Chloride | ≤50ppm |
Sulphates | ≤150ppm |
Oxalates | ≤300ppm |
Mesh Size | 20-100 MESH |
Tripotassium Citrate 20-100 Mesh, Bp USP Food Grade Potassium Citrate
Potassium citrate (also known as tripotassium citrate) is a potassium salt of citric acid with the molecular formula C6H5K3O7. It is a white, hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odorless with a saline taste. It contains 38.3% potassium by mass. In the monohydrate form it is highly hygroscopic and deliquescent.
As a food additive, potassium citrate is used to regulate acidity and is known as E number E332. Medicinally, it may be used to control kidney stones derived from either uric acid or cystine.