Magnesium Sulfate
1 Chemical Name: Magnesium Sulfate
2 Formula: MgSO4·7H2O
3 Molecular Weight: 246.47
4 CAS:10034-99-8;
5 Specificity: colour prismatical or needle-shaped crystal ,odourless,taste cool,salty, bitter, relative gravity: 2.65, steady in damp air under 48°C,when it is in warm and hot air, it easily effloresce, easily solublein water (119.8%,20°C) and glycerine,insoluble in ethanol.PH=7.0
6 USES: In food industry, it is used as nutritional supplement, solidification, the flavor increase,rocess helper,brew additive, when adding Magnesium in brew water,as nutritional supplement to improve ferment in brew, the improvement of the synthesizes drink taste(0.002%); adjusting the aqueous degree of hardness.
7 Packing: It is packed with polyethylene bag as inner, and a composite paper bag as the outer layer.The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
8 Storage and Transport: It should be stored in a dry,ventilative and clean warehouse,kept away frommoisture and hot,futhermore, it should be stored separately from poisonous. Its expiry date is one year.
9 Quality standard: MgSO4·7H2O
Name of index | chinese pharmacopoeia2010 |
Appearance | White powder or particles |
Content(As MgSO4·7H2O)%≥ | 99.5 |
pH value | Pass test |
clarity | Pass test |
Chloride(as Cl)% | ≤0.01 |
Loss on ignition% | 48.0-52.0 |
ferric salt(as Fe)% | ≤0.0015 |
As% | ≤0.0002 |
Heavy metal(as Pb)% | ≤0.001 |
calcium salt(as Ca)% | ≤0.02 |
zinc salt | -- |
food grade magnesium sulfate heptahydrate