Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Name
- INCI Name
- Ingredient Name
- Mineral Type
- Agrochemical Functions
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Molecular formula
- Zn₃(C₆H₅O₇)₂.3H₂O
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Labeling Claims
- Agrochemicals Features
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Application Format
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Oral Care Applications
- Main Uses
- WHO / FAO through the expert committee of food additives and the European Community have identified zinc as an essential nutrient with a specific role in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the biochemistry of body in humans, animals, and plants cells.
- It is used in pharmaceutical and food as supplement or complement. Zinc Citrate Trihydrate is used in toothpaste, mouthwash to preserve the dental and oral health, is also used in agriculture as soil fertilizer and micronutrient supplier to plants.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Soluble In
- Appearance
- White crystal or powder
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Melting Point 250.0 °C - - Microbiological Values
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Aerobic Mesophilic Bacteria max. 500 cfu/g - Escherichia Coli Absent /10g - Yeasts and Molds max. 100 cfu/g - - Specifications
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Antimony Content max. 5.0 mg/Kg - Arsenic Content max. 2.0 mg/Kg - Assay (as Citrate) 59.6 - 60.8 % w/w - Assay (as Zinc) 30.9 - 31.5 % w/w - Assay (as Zn₃(C₆H₅O₇) Anhydrous) 99.0 - 100.5 % w/w - Bulk Density 730 - 780 Kg/m³ - Cadmium Content max. 2.0 mg/Kg - Chloride Content* max. 500 mg/Kg - Clarity of Solution (solution 2M HCl) max. 6.0 NTU - Iron (as Fe) max. 25 mg/Kg - Lead Content max. 10 mg/Kg - Loss on Drying (3g, 105°C, 2h) max. 0.5 % w/w - Mercury Content max. 1.0 mg/Kg - Molecular Weight 628.4 g/mol - Particle Size (50% vol) 5 - 15 μm - Particle Size (min. 250 microns) max. 1.0 % - Particle Size (min. 52 microns) max. 0.01 % - pH (solution 3% w/v) 5.0 - 7.0 - - Residue on Ignition (at 5g, 500°C, 3h) 38.4 - 39.2 % w/w - Sulphate Content max. 500 mg/Kg - - Solubility
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Water Content (at 25°C) 2.6 g/1dm³ - - Note
*Method following the skip lot model.
Regulatory & Compliance
Safety & Health
- Safety Data
- Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate could be irritating in eyes, skin and airways by contact.
- Please use personal protective equipment, as gloves, safety glasses and respiratory protection.
- Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate is recommended to be handled in well ventilated areas and in the explosion proof equipment.
- Environmental hazard: This product is classified by UN and CEE as pollutant of marine life. Hazard statement: H400.
- Do not allow to enter sewers or surface or groundwater for a long time.
Packaging & Availability
- Regional Availability
- Packaging Information
Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate is available in following references 25kg.
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 5 years
- Storage and Shelf Life Conditions
- WHO / FAO through the expert committee of food additives and the European Community have identified zinc as an essential nutrient with a specific role in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the biochemistry of body in humans, animals, and plants cells.
- Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate is used in pharmaceutical and food as supplement or complement. Zinc Citrate Trihydrate is used in toothpaste, mouthwash to preserve the dental and oral health, is also used in agriculture as soil fertilizer and micronutrient supplier to plants.
- Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate avoid high humidity and high temperatures. Store at a temperature below 30 °C and a relative humidity less than 70% on dry pallets, under cover, and in well-ventilated places according to good storage practices (GSP) is easily compacted under improper conditions of storage and handling.
- Sucroal Commercial Zinc Citrate Trihydrate estimated useful life is 5 years when stored in original packaging; recommended store and a temperature below 20 °C and a relative humidity less than 50% for long periods of storage