Items | Standard |
Appearance | White or almost white, crystalline powder or crystals |
Identification | Infrared absorption |
Solubility | Easily dissolve in water, slightly soluble in ethanol |
Assay | 98.5%-101.0% |
Other Polyol (on dry base) | ≤1.0% |
Reducing sugar | ≤0.2% |
Melt point | 92 °C -96 °C |
Water | ≤0.5% |
Residue on ignition | ≤0.1% |
Heavy metals | ≤ 5 mg/kg |
Arsenic | ≤ 0.5 mg/kg |
Lead | ≤ 0.5 mg/kg |
Nickel | ≤1 mg/kg |
Total count | ≤100 CFU/g |
Coliform | <3MPN/g |
Yeast & Mold | ≤100 CFU/g |