| 1 | Description | Colourless, translucent crystals. Efflorescent in dry air. | Colourless, translucent crystals or white granular to fine crystalline powder. Efflorescent in dry air. |
| 2 | Solubility | Complies | Very soluble in water, freely soluble in alcohol, very slightly soluble in ether, |
| 3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | To Comply the test |
| 4 | Assay (Anhydrous basis) | 99.8% | 99.5%-100.5% |
| 5 | Residue on ignition | 0.04% | Not more than 0.1% |
| 6 | Sulphate (SO4) | Less than 0.015% | 0.015% max |
| 7 | Limit of oxalic acid | Less than 0.036% | 0.036% max |
| 8 | Clarity of solution | Complies | The sample solution shows the same clarity as that of water or its opalescence is not more pronounced than standard suspension A. |
| 9 | Colour of solution | Complies | The sample solution is not more intensely colored than water or standard solutions A, B, and C . |
| 10 | Readily carbonizable substances | Complies | The color of the acid is not darker than that of a similar volume of matching fluid K . |
| 11 | Water | 8.5% | 7.5% to 9.0% |