| Item | BP2008 | USP30 | FCCVI | E330 | Test Result |
1 | Definition | Test passed |
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| White or colorless, odorless crystalline powder with very sour taste | Test passed |
2 | Characteristics | Colorless crystals or white crystalline powder | Colorless crystals or white crystalline powder | Colorless crystals or white crystalline powder | Easily soluble in water, freely soluble in alcohol | Test Passed |
3 | Identification | Test passed | Test passed | Test passed |
| Test passed |
4 | Clarity of solution | Test passed |
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| Test passed |
5 | Color of solution | Test passed |
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| Test passed |
6 | Readily carbonisable substance | Test passed | Test passed | Test passed | No more than standard | Test passed |
7 | Oxalates | 350 ppm max | Test passed | Test passed | 100 ppm max | 100 ppm |
8 | Sulphates | 150 ppm max | Test passed |
| 150 ppm max | < 150 ppm |
9 | Heavy metals (As PB) | 10 ppm max | 10 ppm max | 5 ppm max | 5 ppm max | < 5 ppm |
10 | Water | 1.0% max | 0.5% max | 0.5% max | 0.5% max | 0.16% |
11 | Sulphated ash | 0.1% max | 0.05% max |
| 0.05% max | 0.02% |
12 | Bacterial endotoxins | 0.5 I.U./Mg max |
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| < 0.5 I.U./Mg |
13 | Aluminium | 0.2 ppm max |
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| < 0.2 ppm |
14 | Lead |
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| 0.5 ppm max | 1 ppm max | < 0 .5 ppm |
15 | Arsenide |
| 3 ppm max |
| 1 ppm max | < 1 ppm |
16 | Iron |
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| 50 ppm max | < 50 ppm |
17 | Chlorides |
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| 50 pppm max | < 50 ppm |
18 | Mercury |
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| 1 ppm max | < 1 ppm |
19 | Organic volatile impurities |
| Test passed |
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| Test passed |
20 | Ignition residue |
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| 0.05% max |
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21 | Tridodecylamine |
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| 0.01% ppm max |
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22 | Ultraviolet radiation absorptivity (PAH)% |
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| 280-289 nm 0.25 290-299 nm 0.20 300-359 nm 0.13 360-400 nm 0.03 |
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23 | Content | 99.5%-101.0% | 99.5%-100.5% | 99.5%-100.5% | 99.5%-100.5% | 99.9% |
Citric Acid Anhydrous