CALCIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE

(FOOD ADDITIVES)

 

SYNONYM: MCP, CALCIUM PRIMARY PHOSPHATE; MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DIHYDROCALCIUM PHOSPHATE

 

FORMULA: Ca(H₂PO₄)₂·H₂O

 

M. W.: 252.07

 

GRADE: FOOD GRADE

 

CAS NO.: 10031-30-8

 

DESCRIPTION: WHITE CRYSTAL POWDER, SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.220, EASILY SOLUBLE IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND NITRIC ACID, SOLUBLE IN COOL WATER, ALMOST INSOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL. IT LOSES CRYSTAL WATER AT 109℃ AND DECOMPOSES TO CALCIUM METAPHOSPHATE AT 203℃.

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

CONTENT (AS Ca)	15.2%-17.0%
ARSENIC (AS As)	0.0003% MAX.
HEAVY METAL (AS Pb)	0.002% MAX.
FLUORIDE (AS F)	0.0025% MAX.
LOSS ON HEATING (180℃, 3h)	17.0% MAX.
CLARITY	PASS TEST
CARBONATE (AS CO3)	PASS TEST
FREE ACID AND OTHER SALTS	PASS TEST

 

USES: IT IS USED AS LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT, CHELATING AGENT AND BUFFER IN FOODS.

 

PACKING:   IT IS PACKED WITH POLYETHLENE BAG AND KRAFT BAG AS LINER, AND A CHEMICAL FIBRE WOVEN BAG AS THE OUTER LAYER. THE NET WEIGHT OF EACH BAG IS 25KG.