1.54 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sink
1.665 g/cu cm at 20 °C
BULK DENSITY: 56.2 LB/CU FT; HEAT OF SOLN: -3.9 KCAL/MOLE; BUFFERING INDEX: 2.46; STD FREE ENERGY OF ANION FORMATION: -278.8 KCAL FOR AQ SOLN @ 25 °C
Density: 1.542 g/cu cm /Citric acid monohydrate/
White, odorless crystals, granules or powder; cool, saline taste. Stable in air, becomes anhydrous at 150 °C. Density: 1.814. Soluble in 3 parts water, 0.6 parts boiling water. Insoluble in alcohol. The aqueous solution is slightly alkaline to litmus. pH about 8 /Sodium citrate dihydrate/
Physical Description
Citric acid appears as colorless, odorless crystals with an acid taste. Denser than water. (USCG, 1999)
NKRA; Pellets or Large Crystals; Pellets or Large Crystals, Liquid; Dry Powder, Pellets or Large Crystals; Dry Powder, Liquid; Dry Powder; Liquid; Liquid, Other Solid; Other Solid
Citric acid is a white or colourless, odourless, crystalline solid, having a strongly acid taste. The monohydrate effloresces in dry air
Colorless and odorless crystals , it has an acid taste; [CAMEO] Deliquescent; [CHEMINFO]
Solid
Appearance
Crystals; monoclinic holohedra; crystallizes from hot concentrated aqueous solution
Colorless, translucent crystals or powder
Rhombic crystals from water with 1 mol of water of crystallization