SPECIFICATION

RESULT OF ANALYSIS

SOLUBILITY

FREELY SOLUBLE IN WATER, SPARINGLY SOLUABLE IN ETHANOL

CHARACTERS:

A WHITE, ALMOST ODOURLESS, CRYSTALLINE POWDER

MELTING RANGE FOR BENZOIC ACID

121.5-123.5℃

PASSED

IDENTIFICATION:

BENZOATES

POSITIVE

PASSED

SODIUM

POSITIVE

PASSED

APPEARANCE OF SOLUTION:

CLARITY

CLEAR

PASSED

COLOUR

Y6

PASSED

ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY (ml/g):

0.2MAX

PASSED

HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS:

IONISED CHLORINE

200 ppm MAX

PASSED

TOTAL CHLORINE

300 ppm MAX

PASSED

CHLORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

0.06% MAX

PASSED

HEAVY METALS(IN TERMS OF LEAD): 

ARSENIC:

LEAD:

MERCURY:

10 ppm MAX

3 ppm MAX

2 ppm MAX

1 ppm MAX

PASSED 

PASSED

PASSED

PASSED

READILY OXIDISABLE SUBSTANCES:

POSITIVE

PASSED

POLYCYCLIC ACIDS:

POSITIVE

PASSED

LOSS ON DRYING % (m/m):

1.5% MAX

0.6

ASSAY % (m/m):

99.0%-100.5%

99.8

CONCLUSION

UP TO THE SPECIFICATION

ANALYZING METHOD

ACCORDING TO BP2013, EP8.0, E211, USP38, NF33, FCC9