Phosphoric Acid
H3PO4
98.00
Phosphoric acid. Phosphoric acid [7664-38-2]. » Phosphoric Acid contains not less than 85.0 percent and not more than 88.0 percent, by weight, of H3PO4.
CautionAvoid contact, as Phosphoric Acid rapidly destroys tissues.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight containers.
Identification
When carefully neutralized with 1 N sodium hydroxide, phenolphthalein TS being used as the indicator, it responds to the tests for Phosphate 191.
Sulfate 221
Dilute 6 mL of Phosphoric Acid with 90 mL of water, and add 1 mL of barium chloride TS: no precipitate is formed immediately.
Heavy metals, Method I 231:
0.001%.
Alkali phosphates
Transfer 1 mL of it to a graduated cylinder, and add 6 mL of ether and 2 mL of alcohol: no turbidity is produced.
Limit of nitrate
Dilute 6 mL of Phosphoric Acid with 14 mL of water, mix 5 mL of the dilution with about 0.1 mL of indigo carmine TS, then add 5 mL of sulfuric acid: the blue color is not discharged within 1 minute.
Phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid
Dilute 6 mL of Phosphoric Acid with 14 mL of water. Gently warm 5 mL of the dilution, and add 2 mL of silver nitrate TS: the mixture does not become brownish.
Assay
Weigh accurately about 1 g of Phosphoric Acid in a tared, glass-stoppered flask, and dilute it with water to about 120 mL. Add 0.5 mL of thymolphthalein TS, and titrate with 1 N sodium hydroxide VS to the first appearance of a blue color. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction. Each mL of 1 N sodium hydroxide is equivalent to 49.00 mg of H3PO4.
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 1301
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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