Vitamin B12
Item | Standard | Result | |
Appearance | White or almost white, crystalline powderor colourless crystals | White crystalline powder | |
Identification | A: IR absorption | Comply | |
C: Reaction (a) of chlorides | |||
Appearance of solution | Clear, not more intense than Y7 or GY7 | Comply | |
PH | 2.7-3.3 | 3.0 | |
Water | ≤5.0% | 2.34% | |
Sulphated ash | ≤0.1% | 0.01% | |
Sulphates | ≤300ppm | <300ppm | |
Heavy metals | ≤20ppm | <20ppm | |
Related substances | |||
—Any impurity | ≤0.4% | <0.05% | |
—Total impurities | ≤1.0% | <0.05% | |
Assay | 98.5-101.0% | 99.6% |