Chemical Name: succinic acid
Common Name: amber acid
Molecular formula:C4H6O4
Structural formula: 
Molecular weight: 118.09
CAS Number: 110-15-6
Properties: Colorless or white crystal or crystallization powder, melting point185; boiling point 235,specific gravity1.572(15℃); solubility: soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohols, ether and ketone. Insoluble in chloroform、dichloromethane.
Packaging: 25kgs net each in PP woven bag line with PE film bag, or according to the customer’s requirements
Usage: Mainly used for producing pent-heterocyclic compounds such as succinic anhydride. In chemical industry used for producing dyestuff, alkyd resins, plasticization resin, engineering plastics and esters etc; also used for intermediate of medicament and pesticide etc; as well as chemical reagent, neutralizing agent and flavoring agent.
Quality Standard:
Item |
Specification |
Pharm, food grade |
Industrial Grade |
Appearance |
colorless or white crystal |
colorless or white crystal |
Assay(%)≥ |
99.5 |
99.0 |
Melting point(oC) |
185.0～190.0 |
185.0～190.0 |
Heavy metal(as Pb2+ )(%)≤ |
0.001 |
0.002 |
Sulphate(as SO42-)(%) ≤ |
0.02 |
0.04 |
Iron(as Fe2+(%)≤ |
0.0005 |
0.002 |
Chloride(as Cl-)(%) ≤ |
0.005 |
0.007 |
Maleic Acid(%) ≤ |
0.1 |
1.0 |
Arsenic (As) % |
0.0002 |
0.001 |
Insoluble substance in water(%) ≤ |
0.01 |
0.01 |
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