Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water
Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water
Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water
Permitted for use in grape juice used for wine production and grape wine only.
Shall be used at not more than 0.2 g/L in grape wine as ammonium hydrogen sulfite.
When Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water is used in grape juice used for wine production,
this additive is considered to be used in grape wine.
Shall not remain at a level not less than 0.35 g/kg as sulfur dioxide in grape wine
(excluding squeezed grape juice used for wine production containing not less than 1 %
(volume) of ethanol and the concentrate of such squeezed grape juice).
Compositional Specifications
Definition
Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water is a solution consisting mainly of ammonium
hydrogen sulfite.
Content
Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water contains not less than 13.0% of ammonium
hydrogen sulfite (NH4HSO3 = 99.11).
Identification
(1) Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water responds to the test for Ammonium Salt and
all the tests for Sulfite and Bisulfite in the Qualitative Tests.
(2) Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water contains not less than 2.2 % as ammonia
(NH3=17.03).
Weigh accurately about 0.5 g of Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water, add 25 mL of water
to dissolve it, and add 10 mL of sodium hydroxide solution (2 in 5). Immediately connect
the flask containing this solution to a previously assembled distillation apparatus. The
apparatus is equipped with a condenser joined to a delivery tube with a spray trap and
the lower end of the condenser is immersed in 30 mL of 0.1 mol/L sulfuric acid, exactly
measured, in a receiver. Heat and distill ammonia into the sulfuric acid until about 25
mL of the distillate is obtained. Titrate the excess sulfuric acid in the receiver with 0.2
mol/L sodium hydroxide (indicator: 3 drops of methyl red TS). Determine the amount of
ammonia by the formula.
Each mL of 0.1 mol/L sulfuric acid = 3.406 mg of NH3
Purity
(1) Lead Not more than 5 μg/g of NH4HSO3 as Pb (an amount equivalent to 8.0 g of
ammonium hydrogen sulfite (NH4HSO3), Method 5, Control Solution: Lead Standard
Solution 4.0 mL, Flame Method).
Sample Solution To the specified amount of Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water,
add 20mL of diluted hydrochloric acid (1 in 4), and boil gently for 5 minutes with a watch
glass covering it. Allow to cool. Use this solution as the sample solution. If the sample
does not dissolve completely, evaporate it to dryness, and add 20 mL of diluted
hydrochloric acid (1 in 4) to the residue. Boil gently for 5 minutes, allow to cool, and use
this solution as the sample solution.
(2) Arsenic Not more than 3 μg/g of NH4HSO3 as As (an amount equivalent to 5.0 g
of ammonium hydrogen sulfite (NH4HSO3), Standard Color: Arsenic Standard Solution
3.0 mL, Apparatus B).
Test Solution To the specified amount of Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water, add
water to make 50 mL. Measure 10 mL of this solution, add 2 mL of sulfuric acid, and
heat on a water bath until sulfur dioxide is no longer evolved. Evaporate to about 2 mL,
and add water to make 10 mL. Use 5 mL of this solution as the test solution.
Residue on Ignition Not more than 0.2% per ammonium hydrogen sulfite (NH4HSO3)
(10 g).
Assay Weigh accurately about 0.3 g of Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfite Water, and
proceed as directed under Sulfite Determination.
Each mL of 0.05 mol/L iodine = 4.955 mg of NH4HSO3