Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Ingredient Name
- Agrochemical Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Industrial Additives Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Molecular formula
- K₃(C₆H₅O₇).H₂O
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims (Health)
- Agrochemicals Features
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Industrial Additives End Use
- Main Uses
Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate is used in food, pharmaceutical, chemical and industrial business as: Food additive, buffer, chelating agent, stabilizer, antioxidant, emulsifier also in paper production and high efficiency compound fertilizer salt.
Properties
- Solubility
- Appearance
- Translucent to white crystals
- Taste
- Slightly saline
- Insoluble in
- Ethanol (96%)
- Sparingly soluble in
- Alcohol
- Particle Size Distribution
- Specifications
- Solubility
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Retained Sieve (Mesh 1180 μm) | max. 2.0 | % | ASTM E-11 N° 16 |
| Through Sieve (Mesh 150 μm) | max. 10 | % | ASTM E-11 N°100 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Arsenic Content | max. 1.0 | mg/Kg | — |
| Assay (as K₃(C₆H₅O₇ anhydrous base) | 99.0 - 100.5 | % w/w | — |
| Chloride Content | max. 50 | mg/Kg | — |
| Clarity of Solution (40% w/v) | max. 4.0 | NTU | — |
| Color of solution (40% w/v – %T 420 nm) | min. 98.0 | % T | — |
| Heavy Metals Content | max. 5.0 | mg/Kg | — |
| Iron (as Fe, sol. 40% w/w, %T 360nm) | max. 5.0 | mg/Kg | — |
| Lead Content | max. 1.0 | mg/Kg | — |
| Loss on Drying (3g, 180°C, 4h) | 4.0 - 6.0 | % w/w | — |
| Mercury Content | max. 1.0 | mg/Kg | — |
| Molecular Weight | 324.41 | g/mol | — |
| Oxalates (as oxalic acid dihydrate, 520nm) | max. 100 | mg/Kg | — |
| pH (solution 5% w/v, 25 °C) | 7.5 - 9.0 | — | — |
| Sodium Content | max. 0.3 | % w/w | — |
| Sulphates Content (solution 40% w/v) | max. 150 | mg/Kg | — |
| Typical Bulk Density | 1105.0 | Kg/m³ | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Water Content (at 20°C) | 1.0 | g/0.597cm³ | — |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories
Safety & Health
- Safety Data
- Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate is a safe product and not is a danger to human health when handled responsibly.
- Please use personal protective equipment, as gloves, safety glasses and respiratory protection.
- Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate is recommended to be handled in well ventilated areas and using an explosion proof equipment.
Packaging & Availability
- Regional Availability
- Packaging Information
Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate is available in following references 25 kg, 50 lb, 500 kg and 1000 kg.
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 5 years
- Storage and Shelf Life Conditions
- Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate should be stored at room conditions at less than 30 °C and a relative humidity below 70%.
- Shelf life is 5 years if kept it in their original packaging and following good storage practices.
- Sucroal Commercial Potassium Citrate Monohydrate should be stored on dry pallets in roofed and well-ventilated areas.
- A long period of storage is recommended to keep the product at less than 20 °C and a relative humidity below 50%.
- Avoid high humidity, high temperatures and direct or indirect sunlight over the product during transportation or storage.