1 | Description | White, odorless crystalline powder is stable in air. | White, odorless or practically odorless, granular or crystalline powder is stable in air. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Freely soluble in water. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the standard |
4 | Identification B (By Chemical test) | Complies | A dense white precipitate should form |
5 | Identification C (By Chromatography) | Complies | The retention time of the major peak of the sample solution should correspond to that of the standard solution as obtained in the Assay |
6 | Assay (Anhydrous basis) | 99.74% | 99.0% - 101.0% |
7 | Water | 0.6% | NMT 1.5% |
8 | Alkalinity | Complies | The pink color produced, if any, should discharge by the addition of 0.20 mL of 0.10N sulfuric acid |