Citric Acid Monohydrate Manufacturer in India | Chemtex Speciality Limited

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What is Citric Acid Monohydrate?

• Citric acid is the most widely used weak organic
  acid and pH-control agent for FB, cosmetic,
  pharmaceuticals and technical applications.
• Citric acid monohydrate is a common form of
  citric acid and has one water molecule as part of
  its chemical formula.
• Citric acid monohydrate occurs as colourless
  crystals or as white, crystalline powder with a
  strongly acidic taste. It is chemically stable at
  ambient temperatures.

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Citric Acid Monohydrate formula

• Molecular formula
• C6H8O7.H2O or HOOCCH2C(OH)(COOH)CH2COOH.H2O

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How is Citric Acid Monohydrate made?

• Monohydrate citric acid is the water-containing
  form of citric acid. This water of
  crystallization forms via the crystallization
  from cold water.

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Primary functions
Properties of Citric Acid Monohydrate

• Strongly acidic (pH in a 5 solution approx.
  1.8)
• Odourless, fully biodegradable
• Soluble in water, ethanol (96 ) Sparingly
  soluble in ether
• Non-toxic low reactive
• Stable at ambient temperatures

• pH Adjuster
• Acidifier
• Chelating agent
• Buffering agent
• Retarder
• Antioxidant

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Citric acid Monohydrous Vs. Anhydrous

• Citric acid can exist as either the anhydrous
  form (free of water) or as the monohydrate form.
• The anhydrous citric acid has no water of
  crystallization whereas citric acid monohydrate
  has a water molecule associated with one citric
  acid molecule.

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How to convert citric acid monohydrate to
anhydrous?

• The monohydrate form converts into the anhydrous
  form at 78 C/ 351.15K

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Citric Acid Monohydrate uses

• Citric Acid Monohydrate is used in Food
  Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health Personal Care
  products, even agriculture and animal feed.
  Mainly used as an acid condiment, flavouring
  agent and preservative in food and beverage and
  as pharmaceutical excipients in pharmaceutical
  industry. It is also used as antioxidant,
  plasticizer and detergent builder in chemical,
  cosmetics and detergent industries.

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What is Citric Acid Monohydrate used for?
Citric Acid Monohydrate uses

• FB Industry Widely used organic acid for
  pH-control, flavouring agent, antioxidant,
  preservative.

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Citric Acid Monohydrate uses

• Health and Personal care As a preservative and
  pH control agent in baby products, make-up,
  lipstick, bath products, soaps and detergents,
  hair dyes and colors, and hair and skin care
  products.

Agriculture/ Poultry Citric Acid Monohydrate
can be used as antioxidant and pH regulator in
Agriculture/ broiler feed.
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Citric Acid Monohydrate uses

• Cleaning agent in plumbing to remove scale.

As anti-crease agent in textiles to prevent
formaldehyde contamination.
As an additive in plastic manufacturing to
improve mechanical properties.
As concrete retardant to improve concrete quality.
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Citric Acid Monohydrate manufacturers in india

• Chemtex Speciality Limited manufactures Citric
  Acid Monohydrate and in Anhydrous form. Citric
  acid monohydrate is available in various
  granulations.

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Citric Acid Monohydrate CAS No. 5949-29-1
End Use Application
Adhesives and Sealants Agro Chemicals Construction
Fine Chemicals Metal Surface Treatment Oil
Drilling Ore Mining and Refining Paper Plastics,
Polymers Textile, Leather
Food Juice Beverage Clinical Nutrition Personal
Care Feed
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Citric Acid Anhydrous CAS No. 77-92-9
End Use Application
Adhesives and Sealants Agro Chemicals Construction
Fine Chemicals Metal Surface Treatment Oil
Drilling Ore Mining and Refining Paper Plastics,
Polymers Textile, Leather
Food Juice Beverage Clinical Nutrition Personal
Care Feed
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