Acidity Regulators

DL-Tartaric Acid is colorless crystal or white crystal powder, odorless and sour. It is a mixture of equal amounts of right-handed and left-handed tartaric acid, often containing one or two crystal water, heated to 100 ℃ ° It is soluble in water and insoluble in chloroform. DL tartaric acid can be used as sour taste agent, chelating agent, antioxidant synergist, aroma enhancer, quick acting leavening agent, acid substance, food pigment diluent and solidifying agent. DL-Tartaric Acid is widely used in food, medicine, chemical industry, light industry and other industries. It is mainly used in the manufacture of tartrate. In the food industry, it is used as beer foaming agent, food sour agent, taste corrector and sour agent of grape juice. It is also used in tanning, photography, glass, enamel, telecommunication equipment, etc.

Sodium citrate is nontoxic, pH adjustable and stable, so it can be used in food industry. Sodium citrate is used as food additive, and its demand is the largest. It is mainly used as seasoning agent, buffer, emulsifier, expander, stabilizer and preservative; In addition, sodium citrate is compatible with citric acid and can be used as gelling agent, nutritional supplement and flavor agent for jam, jelly, juice, beverage, cold drink, dairy products and pastry. When fresh blood is taken in clinic, adding some sterilized sodium citrate can prevent blood coagulation. It is precisely by taking advantage of the characteristic that citrate and calcium ion can form a soluble complex. It is used in the field of medicine for anticoagulants in vitro and anticoagulants, expectorants and diuretics in blood transfusion. In electroplating industry for cyanide free industry, photographic industry for developer.

It is used to make plastics and foams and for other uses.

Potassium carbonate is one of the important basic inorganic chemical, pharmaceutical and light industrial raw materials. It is mainly used in the production of optical glass, welding electrode, electron tube, TV picture tube, light bulb, printing and dyeing, dye, ink, photographic medicine, styrofoam, polyester, explosive, electroplating, leather making, ceramics, building materials, crystal, potassium soap and medicine. Used as gas adsorbent, dry powder fire extinguishing agent, rubber antioxidant. It is also used to remove carbon dioxide from fertilizer syngas. It can also be used as potassium fertilizer. In inorganic industry, potassium carbonate is used to make potassium sodium tartrate, potassium aluminum fluoride, potassium thiocyanate and titanium dioxide. In the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of long-acting sulfanilamide, progesterone, cortisone, zhiakol, estradiol benzoate and other drugs. Glass enameling industry is used in the preparation of enamel powder to enhance its leveling property, add it into glass to play a role of melting aid, and improve the transparency and refractive index of glass. The dyestuff industry is used to make Yindan tulin, Disperse Red 3B, reducing grey m, etc. Printing and dyeing industry is used for vat dyeing and ice dyeing. The rubber industry is used to make 4010 antioxidant. It is used in cotton scouring and wool degreasing.

As a food additive, food grade potassium citrate can be used to regulate acidity and supplement potassium nutrition; In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used for hypokalemia, potassium deficiency and alkalization of urine, which helps to reduce the acidity of urine and treat kidney diseases and gout; It can also be made into high-efficiency compound fertilizer, and can also be used in papermaking, gold plating and other industries.