LACTIC ACID

 

FORMULA:  C3H6O3

 

M. W.: 90.08

 

CAS NO.: 50-21-5

 

GRADE: FOOD GRADE

 

DESCRIPTION: CLEAR, COLOURLESS OR SLIGHTLY YELLOW SYRUPY LIQUID, SOLUBLE IN WATER AND ETHER, INSOLUBLE IN CHORLRORM OR PETROLEUM ETHER; INVOLATILE UNDER THE NORMAL PRESSURE; SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.206, MELTING POINT 122℃/15 mmHg.

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

CONTENT (w/w)

80%MIN.

CHLORIDE (Cl)

10PPM MAX.

ARSENIC (As)

1PPM MAX.

HEAVY METAL

5PPM MAX.

SULPHATE (SO4)

50PPM MAX.

IRON (Fe)

5PPM MAX.

SCORCHING HOT REMAINS

0.1%MAX.

 

USES: IMPORTANT FOOD ADDITIVE, NATURAL ACIDITY, ANTICORROSIVE; USED IN FOOD, MEDICINE, CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CIGAR, SPINNING AND WEAVING, PRINTING AND DYEING, LEATHER, ORGANIC SYNTHESIS.

 

PACKING: PACKED IN 25KGS OR 230KG PLASTIC DRUMS.