1 | Appearance/Description | White powder that readily absorbs moisture. | White powder that readily absorbs moisture. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Freely soluble in water; insoluble in alcohol |
3 | Identification (By chemical test) | Complies | Solution should slightly alkaline. |
4 | Identification (By Loss on drying) | 0.5% | NMT 1.0% |
5 | Identification (Sodium) | Complies | A dense precipitate should form. |
6 | Identification (Phosphate 1) | Complies | With silver nitrate solution neutral solution should yield yellow precipitate that soluble in 2N nitric acid and 6 N ammonium hydroxide. |
7 | Identification (Phosphate 2) | Complies | With ammonium molybdate solution, acidified solutions should yield a yellow precipitate that should soluble in 6N ammonium hydroxide. |
8 | Identification (Phosphate 3) | Complies | A yellow colour should develop |
9 | Assay (on dry basis) | 99.5% | 98.0% - 100.5% |
10 | Assay (Dried substance) | 99.5% | 98.0% - 101.0% |
11 | Assay (acidimetric, on dried basis) | 99.5% | 99.0 - 101.0% |
12 | Appearance of solution | Complies | Solution should be clear and colourless. |
13 | Insoluble Substances | 0.09% | NMT 0.20% |
14 | Sodium dihydrogen phosphate | Less than 2.5% | NMT 2.5% |
15 | pH- value (1%, water) | 9.1 | 9.0 - 9.4 |
16 | Carbonate | Complies | The solution should not effervesce. |
17 | Chlorides | Less than 0.01% | NMT 0.01% |
18 | Fluoride(F) | Not detected | NMT 0.001% |
19 | Sulphate (SO4) | Less than 0.03% | NMT 0.03% |
20 | Heavy metals (as Pb) | Less than 0.001% | NMT 0.001% |
21 | Arsenic (As) | Less than 0.0001% | NMT 0.0001% |
22 | Cadmium(Cd) | Not detected | NMT 0.0001% |
23 | Iron(Fe) | 0.0004% | NMT 0.002% |
24 | Mercury(Hg) | Not detected | NMT 0.0001% |
25 | Nickel (Ni) | Not detected | NMT 0.0002% |
26 | Lead (pb) | Less than 0.0001% | NMT 0.0001% |
27 | Reducing substances(kmno4) | Complies | The colour of the permanganate should not be completely discharge. |
28 | Loss on drying at 130°C | 0.5% | NMT 1.0% |
29 | Particle size (> 0.315 mm) | 100.0% | about 99.0% |