1 | Appearance | Colourless powder, efflorescent | White or almost white, crystalline powder or colourless, transparent crystals, efflorescent |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Very soluble in water, practically insoluble in ethanol (96 per cent) and diethyl ether. |
3 | Identification (Sulfate) | Complies | A white precipitate is formed. |
4 | Identification for Zinc | Complies | A flocculent white precipitate is formed |
5 | Appearance of solution | Complies | clear and colourless solution |
6 | Free acid | Passes | Passes test |
7 | Chloride (Cl) | Less than 0.0005% | NMT 0.0005% |
8 | Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not detected | NMT 0.0010% |
9 | Arsenic (As) | Not detected | NMT 0.0002% |
10 | Cadmium(Cd) | Not detected | NMT 0.0002% |
11 | Iron (Fe) | Not detected | NMT 0.001% |
12 | Mercury(Hg) | Not detected | NMT 0.0005% |
13 | Nickel (Ni) | Not detected | NMT 0.0005% |
14 | Lead | Not detected | NMT 0.0004% |
15 | Selenium (Se) | Not detected | NMT 0.003% |
16 | Thallium (Tl) | Not detected | NMT 0.0002% |
17 | Alkalis and alkaline earth metals | 0.3% | NMT 0.5% |
18 | Loss on drying at 105°C | 36.2% | 35.5 - 38.5% |