Sr. No.

TEST

SPECIFICATIONS

RESULTS

1.

Appearance

White color, Free Flowing Crystals.

White color, Free Flowing Crystals .  

2.

Transmittance

More than 98%

99.3%

3.

Flavour 

Slightly Sweet or Salty

Complies.

4.

Odour  (Aroma)  

Odourless

Complies.

5.

Specific Rotation

 24.9° to + 25.3°

+ 25.1°

6.

pH  (10% Solution)

6.7 to 7.2

7.01  

7.

Loss on Drying  

NMT 0.5%

0.04%

8.

Chlorides  

NMT 0.1%

Less than 0.01%

9.

Sulphates  

NMT 0.05%

Less than 0.02%

10.

Arsenic

Less than 0.5 ppm

Complies

11.

Lead

NMT 1 ppm

Complies  

12.

Iron

NMT 5 ppm

Less than 1 ppm  

13.

Assay

NLT 99.0%

99.9 %