Chemical Formula: K2HPO4
Molecular Weight: 174.2
CAS Registry number: 7758-11-4
Dipotassium Phosphate is a stable chemical compound used in various
manufactured products (mostly food). It comes as an odorless, white crystal
powder with a shelf life of about 12 months. It is deliquescent when
exposed to moist air.
Uses:
- Food Industry:
- Used as additive in the coffee creamers substitute and as nutrient in
various powdered
materials (stabilizer (emulsifier) in non-dairy creamers, bodybuilding
drinks). Its function is to prevent protein coagulation, and also to prevent its
precipitation. It is a humectant. Also included in foods where low Sodium is specified, like low Sodium cheeses. It helps control the
pH in food
processing applications.
- Pharmaceutical Industry:
- Used as nutrient in microorganism cultures to produce antibiotics, and as a
buffering agent in certain pharmaceuticals.
- General:
- Put into antifreeze solutions as a buffer and sequestrate, used as a dispersion medium in liquid
detergents and as an additive in cheese processes.
It's an ingredient in non-toxic antifreeze.
Used as a high efficient, compound fertilizer preparation for special purposes
and as additive in the paper industry.
References and further reading:
http://www.astaris.com/english/ProductsDetail.cfm?ProductID=100&Grade=Food
http://www.chuanxichem.com/pr0007.htm
http://www.astrochemicals.com/7005.pdf
www.food.us.rhodia.com
http://www.food.us.rhodia.com/msds/0000038850000100010056E00017.HTM
http://www.cosmocel.com.mx/english/c-phosp.htm
http://www.delanet.com/~pparish/antifreeze.htm