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Physical Data
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Standard
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Appearance
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White crystalline powder with sweet taste; Freely soluble in water, practically insoluble in alcohol.
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Odor and taste
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Smellless & sweet
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Chemical Data
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Standard
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Specific optical rotation
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+52.5
o
- +53.3
o
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TLC
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Conforms
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Chemical test (red precipitate)
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Positive
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Loss on drying (%)
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≤1
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Acidity or alkalinity (6.0g sample, 0.1mol/L NaOH)
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NaOH≤0.15ml
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Appearance of Solution
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Clear and odorless
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Arsenic (ppm)
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≤1
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Calcium (ppm)
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≤200
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Lead (ppm)
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≤0.5
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Chloride (ppm)
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≤125
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Sulphate (ppm)
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≤200
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Sulphite (SO2, ppm)
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≤15
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Barium
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Conforms
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Foreign sugars, soluble starch, dextrin
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Conforms
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Sulphated Ash (%)
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≤0.1
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Pyrogens (Tal 10% solution)
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≤0.125Eu/ml
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Microbiology Data
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Standard
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Bacterium (CFU/g)
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≤ 800
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Mildew (CFU/g)
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≤ 80
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Coliform
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Negative
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