SODIUM SULFATE
Prepared at the 55th JECFA (2000), maintained at 57th JECFA and published in FNP 52 Add 9 (2001). ADI “not specified” was established at the 57th JECFA (2001).
SYNONYMS Glauber’s salt (decahydrate from); INS No. 514(i)
DEFINITION
C.A.S. number 7757-82-6 (Anhydrous)
7727-73-3 (Decahydrate)
Chemical formula Na2SO4 · xH2O (x = 0 or 10)
Formula weight 142.04 (Anhydrous)
322.19 (Decahydrate)
Assay Not less than 99.0 % on the dry basis
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONAL USES Acidity regulator
