1 | Appearance | White crystalline powder. Is odorless and is stable in air. The pH of a solution (1 in 100) is 4.5 | White or almost white, odourless crystals, granular or crystalline or colourless powder. Is odorless and is stable in air. The pH of a solution (1 in 100) is about 4.5. |
2 | Solubility | Complies | Freely soluble in water, practically insoluble in ethanol (96%) |
3 | Identification A (By Chemical test) | Complies | Solution should be faintly acid |
4 | 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. |
5 | Identification (Potassium 1) | Complies | White crystalline precipitate should form. |
6 | Identification (Potassium 2) | Complies | A yellow or orange-yellow precipitate should form immediately. |
7 | Identification (Phosphate 2) | Complies | With ammonium molybdate solution, acidified solutions should yield a yellow precipitate that should soluble in 6N ammonium hydroxide |
8 | Appearance of solution | Complies | Clear and colorless solution |
9 | pH | 4.42 | 4.2 to 4.5 |
10 | Reducing substances | Complies | The color of the permanganate should not be completely discharged |
11 | Chlorides | Less than 200 ppm | NMT 200 ppm |
12 | Sulfates | Less than 300 ppm | NMT 300 ppm |
13 | Arsenic | Less than 2 ppm | NMT 2 ppm |
14 | Iron | Less than 10 ppm | NMT 10 ppm |
15 | Lead | Not detected | NMT 5 µg/gm |
16 | Fluoride(F) | Not detected | NMT 10 µg/gm |
17 | Insoluble Substances | 0.007% | NMT 20 mg (0.2%) |
18 | Loss on drying | 0.20% | NMT 1.0% |
19 | Assay | 100.1% | 98.0% to 100.5% |