1 | Description | Colorless crystals. | A white powder or colorless crystals |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Very soluble in water, very slightly soluble in ethanol |
3 | Identification A (Phosphate 1) | Complies | A light yellow precipitate should form, the color of which should not change by boiling and readily soluble in 10M ammonia and in dilute nitric acid |
4 | Identification A (Phosphate 2) | Complies | White crystalline precipitate should form |
5 | Identification A (Phosphate 3) | Complies | A bright yellow precipitate should form. |
6 | Identification B (Sodium 1 ) | Complies | A dense white precipitate should form |
7 | Identification B (Sodium 2) | Complies | No precipitate should form |
8 | pH | 4.41 | 4.1 - 4.5 |
9 | Insoluble Substances | 0.006% | NMT 0.2% |
10 | Chlorides | Less than 140ppm | NMT 140 ppm |
11 | Sulphate(SO4) | Less than 0.15% | NMT 0.15% |
12 | Aluminum, Calcium and Related Elements | Passes | Slightly alkaline solution should not become turbid |
13 | Arsenic (As) | Less than 8ppm | 8 ppm max |
14 | Heavy metal (Pb) | Less than 20ppm | 20 ppm max |
15 | Water | 22.58% | 18.0% to 26.5% |
16 | Assay (anhydrous basis) | 99.28% | 98.0% - 103.0% |