Chemical Name: Calcium Carbonate
Formula: CaCO3
Molecular Weight: 100.09
FOOD GRADE FCCIV:
Specificity: White fine powder without smell and taste. Its relative density is 2.5-2.7, hardly soluble in water and enthanol, but soluble in lower density acid.
Specifications:
| Name of Index |
FCC |
Content% |
98.5-100.5 |
Acid Insoluble≤ % |
0.2 |
Alkaline Metal or Magnesium≤ % |
1.0 |
Arsenic (As)≤ % |
0.0001 |
Fluoride≤ % |
0.005 |
Heavy Metal, (Pb)≤ % |
0.001 |
Pb≤ % |
0.0001 |
Loss on Drying≤ % |
2.0 |
Fineness |
According to the customer’s demand |
Application: In food industry, it used as alkaline reagent, nutrition supplement reagent, the dough regulation reagent, solidification reagent, yeast foodstuff, resist of lumping reagent, loosen reagent, fermented reagent, glue candy auxiliary reagent, improvement reagent, surface colouring agent of food and so on.
PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE BP2004/USP28
Specifications: (BP2004)
Characters |
A white powder,
practically insoluble in water |
A. Identification(CO32- ) |
Meet the requirements
of the BP test for Carbonate |
B. Identification(Ca2+ ) |
Meet the requirements
of the BP test for Calcium |
Substances insoluble in acetic acid |
£0.2% |
Chlorides |
£0.033% |
Sulphates |
£0.25% |
Arsenic |
£0.0004% |
Barium |
Meet the requirements
of the BP test for Barium |
Iron |
£0.02% |
Magnesium and Alkali metals |
£1.5% |
Heavy metals |
£0.002% |
Loss on drying |
£2.0% |
Assay(CaCO3) |
98.5-100.5% |
Specifications: (USP28)
Characters |
Fine, white ,
Microcrystalline powder,odorless |
A. Identification(CO32- ) |
Meet the requirements
of the test for Carbonate |
B. Identification(Ca2+ ) |
Meet the requirements
of the test for Calcium |
Loss on drying |
£2.0% |
Acid Insolubles substances |
£0.2% |
Limit of Fluoride |
£0.005% |
Arsenic |
£0.0003% |
Barium |
Meet the requirements
of the test for Barium |
Lead |
£0.0003% |
Heavy metals |
£0.002% |
Limit of Magnesium and Alkali salts |
£1.0% |
Assay(CaCO3) |
98.5-100.5% |
Iron |
£0.1% |
Mercury |
£0.00005% |
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