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Description
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Colorless crystals, or white, crystalline powder
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Solubility
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Freely soluble in water; insoluble in alcohol
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Identification
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-
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Identification 'A'
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Meets the requirements
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Identification 'B'
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Meets the requirements
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Identification 'C'
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Passes test
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Assay (on anhydrous basis)
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99.0%-100.5%
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Tartrates
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No crystalline precipitate is formed
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Alkalinity
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The sample solution ( 1 g in 20 mL of water) is alkaline litmus paper, but after the addition of 0.20 mL of 0.10 N sulphuric acid, no pink colour is produced by 1 drop pf phenolphthalein TS
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Water
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10.0 to 13.0 %
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