Ascorbic Acid

Ascorbic Acid is a white or slightly yellow crystals or powder, a little acid.m.p.190℃-192℃，easily soluble in water, a little soluble in alcohol 

and uneasily soluble in ether and chloroform and another organic solvent. In solid-state it is stable in air. Its water solution is easily mutated when it meets with air.

CAS number: 50-81-7

Molecular formula: C6H8O6

Molecular weight: 176.12

EINECS number: 200-066-2

Ascorbic Acid Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is an essential nutrient for higher primates and a few other organisms.

Ascorbic Acid is easily soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, and insoluble in ether, chloroform, benzene, petroleum ether, oils, and fats. 

The aqueous solution exhibits acidic reactions. It can quickly oxidize into dehydroascorbic acid in the air, with a citric acid like sour taste.

 It is a strong reducing agent that gradually turns to varying degrees of light yellow after storage.

Usage: In the pharmaceutical industry, can be used to treat scurvy and various acute and chronic infectious diseases, are applicable to the lack of VC.

In the food industry, it can both use as nutritional supplements, supplementary VC in food processing, and also is good Antioxidants 

in food preservation, widely used in meat products, fermented flour products, beer, tea drinks, fruit juice, canned fruit, canned meat and so on;

also commonly used in cosmetics,feed additives and other industrial areas.