Sodium Tripolyphosphate Molecular Formular: Na5P3O10 Spec.: Items IndexTech. Grade Food Grade Na5P3O10 (%): 94%Min 95%Min P2O5 (%): 57%Max 57%Max Insolubles in water (%): 0.15%Max 0.05%Max Fe (%): 0.01%Max 0.01%Max Ph (1% solution): 9.2-10 9.5-10 Heavy Metal (As Pb) (%): 0.001%Max Arsenic (As) (%): 0.0003%Max Fluoride(F) (%): 0.003%Max Whiteness(%): 90%Min 90%Min Packing: In 25kg/1000kg net each PP/PE bag Property: White powder or granular; Easily soluble in water; It has got salient chelating capacity to Ca and Mg ions. and can soften hard water to make suspension solution become into clear solution; It has got weak alkalinity but no corrosiveness. It is a surfactant, and has got outstanding emulsification to lubricants and fat. Uses: Used in detergent, synergist for soap; water softener; tanning agent for leather making, auxiliary for dyeing; As an effective dispersion agent for suspension solutions of coatings, kaolin, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate and drilling mud etc.; As an oil contamination resistance agent in paper production. In foodstuff industry it is used as quality improver in the process of canned food, fruit juice drinks, foodstuffs from milk or soybeans. It may tender the meat in canned ham and soften the skin of horse bean in canned horse bean. It may also serves as a softener or densifier in foodstuff industry.