Polarization: 99.80% degrees min
Ash by electrical conduct: 0.04% max (on dry weight basis)
Ash content: 0.04 max
Moisture: 0.04% max
ICUMSA 45 RBU: Max (Brazil/Thailand S.G.S scale)
Solubility: 100% dry and free flowing
Color: Sparkling white
ICUMSA Maximum 45 attenuation index units (ICUMSA method #.: 4-1978)
Radiation: Within CS-137 of 50 BQ per kg
Granulation: Fine crystal
Crop: Latest
Magnetic particles: Mg/Kg 4 max
SO2 mg/kg 20 max
Sulfur Dioxide: 20 Mg/Kg min
Sediments: None
Smell: Typical and specific for sugar
Reducing sugar: 0.05% Max by weight
HPN Staph Aureus not detected in 1 gram
Maximum AS: 1 P.P.M.
Maximum PB: 1 P.P.M.
Maximum CU: 3 P.P.M.
Substance: Solid Crystal
Tolerance: 5% (+/-)
Gum Arabic, also known as acacia gum, chaar gund, char goond, or meska, is a desert thriving plant. It is the dried exudates obtained from the stems and branches of Acacia trees in the form of dry, hard nodules. There are over 1100 species found grown wild in sub â?? Saharan Africa. It is used in many manufacturing industries such as pharmaceutical, cosmetic, lithography, food industry as a stabilizer, is used in printing, paint industry, textile, pottery industries and various other industrial applications, including
viscosity control in inks and in glue.
