ANALYSIS

SPECIFICATION

RUSULT

Deacetylation

≥90%

90.18%

Appearance

White or yellow powder

Complies

Viscosity in 1% Acetic acid

≥15cps

18cps

Mesh size

100% pass 80 mesh

Complies

Loss on drying

≤8%

7.2%

Total ash

≤ 2%

0.43%

Heavy Metals

≤20.0ppm

10ppm

As

≤ 2.0ppm

1ppm

Pb

≤ 1.0ppm

0.87ppm

Cd

≤ 0.5ppm

Negative

Hg

≤ 0.5ppm

Negative

Microbiological quality

Total Plate Count

Yeast & Mold

E.Coli.

Salmonella

.

<1000cfu/g

<100cfu/g

Negative

Negative

.

85cfu/g

18cfu/g

Negative

Negative