ITEMS | STANDARD |
Appearance | A white or almost white, crystalline powder or colourless crystals. |
Solubility | Freely soluble in water,practically insoluble in alcohol. |
Identification test (A,B) | Up to the STANDARD |
Appearance of solution | Clarity of solution:5% water solution should be clear |
Colour of solution:5% water solution should be not more intensively coloured than reference solution BY6 |
Specific optical rotation | +14.0° to +16.0° |
Assay | 98.5-101.0% |
Chlorides | 200ppm max |
Sulphates | 300ppm max |
Ammonium | 200ppm max |
Iron | 10ppm max |
Heavy metals | 10ppm max |
Loss on drying | 0.5% max |
Sulphated ash | 0.1% max |
Ninhydrin-positive substances (TLC) | Up to the STANDARD |