Product Brief Introduction
Product name: Acesulfame Potassium
CAS: 55589-62-3
MF: C4H4KNO4S
MW: 201.24
Product Specification
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Appearance |
White freely flowing crystalline powder |
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Odor |
Odorless |
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Taste |
Having an intensely sweet taste, approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose (3% solution). |
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Identification |
IR: Meet the USP standards |
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Ultraviolet Absorption: 225nm~229nm |
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Test for potassium: it gives positive reaction |
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Precipitation test: yellow precipitate |
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Solubility |
Freely soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol |
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PH (1 in 100 solution) |
5.5-7.5 |
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Loss on Drying (105℃, 3H, on dried basis) |
≤ 1.0% |
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Particle Size (Internal) |
≥ 85.0% through 30~100mesh |
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Sulfate (SO42-) |
≤ 0.1% |
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Related Substances |
Organic impurities ≤ 20ppm |
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Impurity A: 3-oxobutanamide(acetylacetamide) ≤ 0.125% |
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Impurity B: 5-choro-6-methyl-1,2,3- oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide ≤ 20ppm |
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Heavy Metals |
≤ 5ppm |
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Lead |
≤ 1ppm |
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Arsenic |
≤ 3ppm |
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Mercury |
≤ 1ppm |
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Selenium |
≤ 10ppm |
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Fluoride |
≤ 3.0ppm |
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Total Plate Count |
≤ 10cfu/g |
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Yeasts & Molds |
≤ 10cfu/g |
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Coliforms-MPN |
≤ 1.0MPN/g |
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E.Coli |
Negative |
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Salmonella |
Negative |
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Potassium |
17.0%~ 21.0% |
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Assay |
99.0%~ 101.0% |



