Lactic Acid
- Product Details
- Technical Specification
- Product Application
Other chemical names: Lactic Acid, L-Lactic Acid; 2-Hydroxypropionic acid; 1-Hydroxyethane-1-carboxylic acid
Properties: obtained by the lactic fermentation of sugars or is prepared synthetically. colorless or light yellow liquid. Odorless and hygroscopic. Melting point at 18℃, boiling point at 122℃(2kPa). Can be mixed with water, ethanol or glycerin, but not dissolved in chloroform.
Packing: In 25KG plastic drums or IBC tanks.
Storage and Transportation: suitable for any transportation conditions, sealed and stored in ventilated, dry and shady warehouse, can’t be mixed with the poisonous.
Technical Specification
| Item | Index |
| Appearance | Colorless to light yellow liquid |
| content, w/% | 95.0~105.0% of nominal value |
| L-lactic acid percentage of total acids, w/% ≥ | 97 |
| Residue on ignition, w/% ≤ | 0.1 |
| Chlorides (by Cl), w/% ≤ | 0.002 |
| Sulphates (by SO4), w/% ≤ | 0.005 |
| Fe, w/% ≤ | 0.001 |
| Cyanide (mg/Kg) ≤ | 1 |
| Citric acid, oxalic acid, phosphonic acid, and tartaric acid | Passed |
| Reducing sugar | Passed |
| Readily carbonizable substance | Passed |
| Pb /(mg/Kg) ≤ | 2.0 |
| As/(mg/Kg) ≤ | 1.0 |
Product Application
♥ Widely used in blended yogurt, cheese, ice cream and other foods, used as a favored sour agent for dairy products;
♥ Used in the fields of chemical, pharmaceutics, cosmetics and food additives;
♥ With recent research, widely used in metal surface treatment, plating, and electrophoretic paint production.
♥ Used for production of lactate salts.
