Potassium citrate is a white crystalline powder. It is soluble in water, in soluble in ethanol.
Specification:Test Item | Unit | The Standard |
Appearance | -- | white crystalline powder |
Assay | % | 99.0-101.0 |
Moisture | % | 4.0-7.0 |
Readily Carbonisable Substances | -- | Not deeper than standard |
Heavy Metals(as Pb) | ppm | 10Max. |
Sodium | % | 0.3Max. |
Chloride | ppm | 50Max. |
Sulphate | ppm | 150Max. |
Oxalate | ppm | 300Max. |
Potassium citrate is widely used in food industry, pharmaceutical industry and laboratory analytical reagents. It is used as buffering agent, chelating agent, stabilizing agent preservatives in food industry. In pharmaceutical industry, it is used for hypokalemia, potassium deficiency and alkaline urine.