| Description |
A white, crystalline powder or colourless shiny plates unctuous to the touch or white crystals; odourless
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Solubility |
Solubility Freely soluble in boiling water,boiling ethanol (95%), in glycerin; soluble in water, ethanol (95%)
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| Identification |
-
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Identification 'A' |
The flame should have a green border
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| Identification 'B' |
The solution should be slightly acid
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Appearance of solution |
Solution should clear, and colourless
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| pH |
3.8 to 4.8
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Solubility in ethanol |
The solution should not be more opalescent than opalescence standard OS2, and colourless
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