- Description
- An almost white or colourless crystals, dry crystalline powder
- Identification - Chemical Reaction
- An orange precipitate is produced immediately
- Identification - Infrared absorption spectrometry
- Concordant with sucrose IPRS/RS
- Solubility
- Very Soluble in water, Freely soluble in 70% ethanol, Practically insoluble in ethanol
- Specific Optical Rotation
- +65.9° to +67.0°
- Acidity or Alkalinity
- <= 0.6ml of 0.01M NaOH required to turn solution pink
- Heavy Metals, PPM
- <= 10
- Calcium
- Solution remains clear for at least 1 minute
- Barium
- Opalescence not more intense than reference
- Sulphites
- Blue colour develops
- Glucose & Invert Sugar
- Blue colour does not disappear completely
- Sulphated Ash (%)
- <= 0.1
- Colouring Matter A
- No unpleasant odour is detectable
- Colouring Matter B
- Fluorescence not more intense than quinine reference
- Dextrins
- Solution remains yellow or becomes faint bluish green
- Bacterial endotoxins (unit/mg)
- <= 0.25
- Colour ICUMSA, IU
- <=35
- Moisture, %
- <= 0.1%
- Extraneous Matter
- <= 0.1%
- Sulphur dioxide SO2
- <= 10ppm
- Bulk Density (kg/m³)
- 625-1000 kg/m3
- Conductivity Ash (%)
- <= 0.04%
- Total Plate Count
- <500 cfu/g
- Yeast & Mould
- <10 cfu/g
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Absent/10g