Properties: white crystalline powder,smell-less,sweet taste, dissolved in water, in soluble in alcohol and ether.
QUALITY STANDARD
| Item Index Clarifcation |
CP2000 |
USP26 |
( EP2000) |
| Content (%) |
98.0-102.0 |
96.0-101.5 |
98.0-101.5 |
| Clarity and color |
less than No. 1 turbidity |
/ |
less than No. 1 turbidity |
| Alkalinity acidity ml |
≤0.3 |
≤0.3 |
≤0.2
≤0.3 |
| Chloride % |
≤0.003 |
≤0.007 |
≤0.005 |
Sulfate %
|
≤0.01 |
≤0.01 |
≤0.01 |
Oxalate (%) |
≤0.02 |
/ |
/ |
| Reducing sugar % |
/ |
|
≥12.8ml |
| Loss on drying % |
≤0.5 |
≤0.3 |
/ |
| Residue on ignition % |
≤0.1 |
/ |
≤0.1(vitriol ash content) |
| Heavy metal (%) |
≤0.001 |
/ |
/ |
| Arsenic salt % |
≤0.0002 |
≤0.0001 |
/ |
| Lead % |
/ |
/ |
≤0.00005 |
| Melting point ℃ |
166-170 |
164-169 |
/ |
| Specific rotation |
/ |
+137°- +145° |
/ |
Nickel %
|
/ |
/ |
≤0.0001 |
| Sorbitol |
/ |
/ |
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| Sorbitol |
/ |
/ |
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| Total of leaf mold (piece/g) |
/ |
/ |
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| Total of leaf mold (piece/g) |
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Packing Specification:
25kg composite bag or cardboard bucket or 50kg composite bag or cardboard bucket.
Main use:
In Medicine industry: mannitol injection can reduce intracranial pressure, intraocular pressure; eliminate hydrocephalus; promote urination. It also can be prevent blood pressure rising, arterioscl erosis, meningitis and have certain effect on treating diabetes. Additionally, it can be used as subsidiary material to produce medicines.
In microbiology: mannitol is the fine culture medium for some microbe-organism.
In Synthetic chemistry industrial aspect: mannitol is the main raw material of manufacturing mannitol synthetic fatty acid ester, mannitol-epoxy dimethylmethane aether and hard monoglyceride.
In food industry: It is usually used as food additive.
In other industry: mannitol is wide used in agriculture and textile field as mollient and emulsifier.
