1 | Appearance | White crystalline powder, hygroscopic. | Colourless crystals or white or almost white crystaline powder,slightly granules powder, hygroscopic. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Freely soluble in water, very soluble in boiling water practically insoluble in ethanol (96%) |
3 | Identification(Sodium) | Complies | A dense whiter precipitate should form. |
4 | Identification (Carbonate 1) | Complies | Effervesce with acids, evolves a colorless gas that when pass into calcium hydroxide solution produces white precipitate immediately |
5 | Identification (Carbonate 2) | Complies | A cold slution should be colored red by phenolophthalein solution |
6 | Identification (Carbonate 3) | Complies | A white precipitate should form that dissolves on addition of an excess of hydrochloric acid |
7 | Identification (By chemical test) | Complies | The solution should be strongly alkaline. |
8 | Identification (By Loss on drying) | 0.4% | NMT 1.0% |
9 | Appearance of Solution | Complies | The solution should be clear and not more intensely coloured than reference solution Y6. |
10 | Alkali hydroxides & bicarbonates | Complies | The solution should remain clear. |
11 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 125ppm | NMT 125ppm |
12 | Sulphate(SO4) | Less than 250ppm | NMT 250ppm |
13 | Arsenic (As) | Less than 5ppm | NMT 5ppm |
14 | Iron(Fe) | Less than 50ppm | NMT 50ppm |
15 | Loss on drying | 0.4% | NMT 1.0% w/w |
16 | Water | 0.3% | NMT 0.5% |
17 | Assay (Dried substance) | 99.80% | 99.5% to 100.5% |
18 | Particle size | 100% material passes through 60 mesh | 100% of the material should pass through 60 mesh |