1 | Description | Colourless crystals. | White or almost white, crystalline powder, colourless crstals. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Freely soluble in water, very soluble in boiling water, practically insoluble in ethanol (96 per cent). |
3 | Assay | 99.5% | 99.0% - 100.5% |
4 | Identification (Sulfate) | Passes | A white precipitate should form. |
5 | Identification (Magnesium) | Passes | A white crystalline precipitate should form |
6 | Appearance of solution | Passes | The solution should be clear and colourless |
7 | pH of a 5% solution at 25.0°c | 6.4 | 5.0-8.2 |
8 | Acidity or Alkalinity | Passes | NMT 0.2 mL of 0.01 M hydrochloric acid or 0.01 M sodium hydroxide is required to change the colour of the indicator. |
9 | chloride | Less than 0.014% | NMT 0.014% |
10 | Heavy metals (as Pb) | Less than 0.0005% | NMT 0.0005% |
11 | Arsenic (As) | Less than 0.0002% | NMT 0.0002% |
12 | Calcium (Ca) | Less than 0.01% | NMT 0.01% |
13 | Iron (Fe) | Less than 0.0010% | NMT 0.0010% |
14 | Selenium (Se) | Not detected | NMT 0.001% |
15 | Zinc (Zn) | Passes | No turbidity should form |
16 | Loss on drying | 50.8% | 49.0% - 52.0% |
17 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 100CFU/gm | NMT 100CFU/gm |
18 | Total Yeast and mold count | Less than 100CFU/gm | NMT 100CFU/gm |
19 | Escherichia coli | Absent/gm | should be absent/gm |
20 | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Absent/gm | should be absent/gm |
21 | Staphylococcus aureus | Absent/gm | should be absent/gm |
22 | Salmonella | Absent/10 gm | should be absent/10 gm |
23 | Candida albicans | Absent/gm | should be absent/gm |
24 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 1.0 IU/gm | NMT 1.0 IU/gm |