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Agar Agar is a kind of plant based stabilizer and gelling agent which is widely used in food and beverages, and for Plant Tissue Culture Application , helping plants growing.
PTC Agar working not only as gelling agent but as nutritional ingredients provider for plants.
Agar is a gelatinous substance.Agar Agar is derived from the polysaccharide agarose, which forms the supporting structure in the cell walls of certain species of algae, and which is released on boiling. Agar Agar is actually the resulting mixture of two components: the linear polysaccharide agarose, and a heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules called agaropectin.
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Items
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Standards
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Appearance
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Milky or yellowish fine powder
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Gel Strength (Nikkan 1.5%,20℃)
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700,800,900,1000,1100,1200,1250g/CM2
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Total Ash
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≤5%
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Loss On Drying
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≤12%
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Ability of absorbing water
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≤75ml
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Residue on Ignition
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≤5%
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Lead
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≤5ppm
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Arsenic
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≤1ppm
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Heavy Metals(Pb)
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≤10ppm
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Total Plate Count
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<10000cfu/g
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Salmonella
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Absent in 25g
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E.Coli
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<3 cfu/g
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Yeast and Moulds
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<500 cfu/g
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Particle Size
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100% through 80mesh
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Items
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Standards
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Appearance
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Milky or yellowish strip
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Gel Strength (Nikkan 1.5%,20℃)
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>500g/CM2
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Total Ash
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≤1%
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Loss On Drying
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≤12%
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Residue on Ignition
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≤5%
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Lead
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≤5ppm
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Arsenic
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≤1ppm
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Heavy Metals(Pb)
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≤10ppm
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Total Plate Count
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<10000cfu/g
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Salmonella
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Absent in 25g
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E.Coli
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<3 cfu/g
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Yeast and Moulds
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<500 cfu/g
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