| Common Name |
Tartrazine |
| Colour Index No. |
19140 |
| Coloron Code |
FC011 |
| EEC NO. |
E 102 |
| Indian Standard No. |
1694 |
| US-FDA NO. |
FD&C YELLOW 5 |
| CAS NO. |
1934-21-0 |
| Pure Dye Content (% MIN) |
87 |
| Loss on drying at 135°C & sulphates expressed as sodium salt (% MAX) |
13 |
| Water Insoluble Matter (% MAX) |
0.2 |
| Combined Ether Extract (% MAX) |
0.2 |
| Organic Compounds other than Coloring Matters (% MAX) |
0.5 |
| Subsidiary Dyes (% MAX) |
1 |
| Leuco Base (% MAX) |
- |
| Unsulfonated Primary aromatic amines (% MAX) |
0.01 |
| Lead (AS 'Pb') PPM (MAX) |
10 |
| Arsenic (AS 'As') PPM (MAX) |
1 |
| Mercury (As 'Hg') PPM (MAX) |
1 |
| Cadmium (AS 'Cd') PPM (MAX) |
1 |
| Heavy Metals PPM (MAX) |
40 |
| Stability in Light |
G |
| Stability in Temp |
G |
| Stability in Acid |
G |
| Stability in Alikali |
G |
| Solubility in Distilled Water (gm/tr) |
140 |
| Solubility in Glycerin (gm/tr) |
150 |
| Solubility in Propylene Glycogen (gm/tr) |
50 |
| Solubility in Ethanol (gm/tr) |
INSOLUBLE |