Quality Level

500

Agency/Method

BP
JP
Ph. Eur.
USP

reg. compliance

FCC

vapor pressure

<0.1 hPa ( 20 °C)

product line

EMPROVE^® ESSENTIAL

assay

99.5-100.5% substance (anhydrous) basis (alkalimetric)

form

fine powder

potency

3000 mg/kg LD₅₀, oral (Rat)

expl. lim.

8 %, 65 °F

pH

1.7 (20 °C, 100 g/L in H₂O)

pKa 

(1) 3.13, (2) 4.76, (3) 6.4

bp

200 °C/1013 hPa (decomposition)

mp

153-159 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 1330 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.665 g/cm³ at 18 °C

bulk density

560 kg/m³

cation traces

Al: ≤0.2 ppm
As: ≤1 ppm
Hg: ≤1 ppm
Pb: ≤0.5 ppm
heavy metals (as Pb): ≤5 ppm

Featured Industry

Pharmaceutical
liquid formulation
ophthalmics
semi-solid formulation
solid formulation

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H8O7/c7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10/h13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12)

InChI key

KRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N