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Description
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Colorless, translucent crystals, or white, granular to fine, crystalline powder
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Solubility
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Solubility Very soluble in water; freely soluble in alcohol; very slightly soluble in ether
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Identification (By IR)
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Meets the requirements
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Assay (on anhydrous basis)
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99.5% - 100.5%
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Residue on ignition
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NMT 0.1%
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Sulphates
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NMT 0.015%
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Oxalic acid
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NMT 0.036%
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Bacterial endotoxin
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NMT 50 ppm
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Clarity of solution
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The sample solution shows the same clarity as that of water or its opalescence is not more pronounced than Standard suspension A
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Colour of solution
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The sample solution is not more intensely colored than Standard solutions A,B, and C.
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Readily carbonisable substance
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The color of the acid is not darker than that of a similar volume of Matching Fluid K in a matching tube, the tubes being observed vertically against a white background
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Sterility Tests
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Meets the requirements
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Water
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NMT 1.0%
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