Chemical Name:       tartaric acid
Scientific Name:     2,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic acid
Molecular Formular: C₄H₆O₆
Molecular Weight:   150.09    C 32.01%,   H 4.03%,    O  63.96%
Character:           
    Colorless crystals or white powder, without odor, with sour taste,
stable in air,compound of equal quantity of dextrorotatory and levorotatory 
tartaric acid, containing one or two molecule crystalline water and
losting water when heated to 100°C, specific gravity 1.697. Its 
solubility in water is 20.6%,in ether is about 1% and 5.01% in ethanol.
Specifications:     Complies with GB15358-94  GB15358-94 

Index 
          Item           monohydrate      anhydrous 
         Content  ≥%        99.5              99.5
       Melting Point°C       200~206            200~206
        Sulphate(SO4)≤%      0.04              0.04
       Heavy metals (Pb)≤%   0.001              0.001
        Arsenic (As)    ≤%    0.0002            0.0002
    Oxidizable matter     Passed          Passed 
     Loss on drying     ≤%     11.5             0.5 
  Residue on ignition(Ash) ≤%   0.10              0.10
Uses:
    This product is widely used in trades such as foodstuff,medicine,chemical
industry and light industry etc. ,and is chiefly used to make the tartaric
acid salts , like antimony potassium tartrate, potassium sodium tartrate . Served
as beer vesicant and foodstuff sourness agent and flavoring etc at the foodstuff
trade and its sourness is the citric acid 1.3 times , and especially is suitable
to do the sourness agent of the grape juice. This article is appraised as the
excellent food additive by the FAO/WHO experts committee . It also has the very
important effect in tannage, photograph , glass, enamel and telecommunication
equipment etc.
Packing:In 25kg polyethylene bag with woven bag or kraft bag outside