| Chemical name | Tricalcium Phosphate, calcium Phosphate |
| Molecular formula | Ca3(PO4)2 |
| Molecular Weight | 310.18 |
| Performance | White shapeless powder; odorless; relative density: 3.18; hardly soluble in water but easily soluble in diluted Hydrochloric Acid and Nitric Acid; stable in air. |
| Quality standards | ( FCC-V, E341(iii)) | Name of index | FCC-V | E341(iii) | | Assay(On the ignited basis),≥% | -- | 90 | | P2O5 Content(on the Anhydrous basis),% | -- | 38.5-48.0 | | Description | White floating crystalline powder | A white odourless powder which is stable in air | | Identification | -- | Positive tests for calcium and for phosphate | | Solubility tests | -- | Practically insoluble in water, insoluble in ethanol soluble in dilute hydrochloric and nitric acid | | Content(Ca), % | 34.0-40.0 | -- | | Arsenic, ≤mg/kg | 3 | 3 | | Fluoride, ≤mg/kg | 75 | 50 | | Lead,≤mg/kg | 2 | 4 | | Cadmium,≤mg/kg | -- | 1 | | Mercury, ≤mg/kg | -- | 1 | | Loss on ignition,(After ignition at 800ºC±25ºC,to constant weight)≤% | 10.0 | 8 | | | | |
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| Uses | In food industry, it is used as anti-caking agent, nutritional supplement (calcium intensifier), PH regulator and buffer, e.g. to act as anti-caking agent in flour, additives in milk powder, candy, pudding, condiment, and meat; as auxiliary in refinery of animal oil and yeast food. |
| Packing | In 25kg composite plastic woven/paper bag with PE liner. |
| Storage and transport | It should be stored in a dry and ventilated warehouse and kept away from water and moisture during transport and stored separately from poisonous substances. Handled with care,
so as to avoid damage to packing bags. |
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