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SODIUM THIOSULFATE

Prepared at the 53rd JECFA (1999) and published in FNP 52 Add 7 (1999),
superseding tentative specifications prepared at the 51st JECFA (1998),
published in FNP 52 Add 6 (1998). Group ADI 0-0.7 mg/kg bw as SO2 for
sulfites established at the 51st JECFA in 1998.

SYNONYMS Sodium hyposulfite; INS No. 539

DEFINITION
Chemical names Sodium thiosulfate

C.A.S. number 7772-98-7

Chemical formula Na2S2O3 · 5H2O

Formula weight 248.17

Assay Not less than 99.0% on the dried basis

DESCRIPTION Colourless crystals or coarse crystalline powder; deliquesces in moist air


and effloresces in dry air above 33o

FUNCTIONAL USES Antibrowning agent, antioxidant, sequestrant

CHARACTERISTICS
IDENTIFICATION

Solubility (Vol. 4) Very soluble in water; insoluble in ethanol

Reducing activity To a 1 in 10 solution of the sample add a few drops of iodine TS; the colour
is discharged

Test for sodium (Vol. 4) Passes test

Test for thiosulfate Passes test


(Vol. 4)

PURITY

Loss on drying (Vol. 4) 32-37% (40-45o, 16 h, under vacuum)

Lead (Vol. 4) Not more than 2 mg/kg


Determine using an atomic absorption technique appropriate to the
specified level. The selection of sample size and method of sample
preparation may be based on the principles of the method described in
Volume 4, “Instrumental Methods.”

Iron (Vol. 4) Not more than 10 mg/kg


Proceed as directed in the Limit Test using 0.5 ml of Iron Standard Solution
(5 µg Fe) in the control
Selenium Not more than 5 mg/kg
See description under TESTS

TESTS
PURITY TESTS

Selenium Reagents:
Hydrochloric acid, hydrazinium sulfate, standard selenium solution (100 µg
Se/ml)

Procedure
Weigh 2.0 ± 0.1 g of sample and transfer to a 50-ml beaker. Add 10 ml
water, 5 ml hydrochloric acid and boil to remove SO2.
Into a second beaker, weigh 1.0 ± 0.1 g of sample, add 0.05 ml standard
selenium solution and proceed as above.

To each beaker add 2 g hydrazinium sulfate and warm to dissolve. Let


stand for 5 min. Dilute the contents of each beaker to 50 ml in a Nessler
tube and compare the colour of the two solutions. The sample should be
less pink than the sample with the added standard.

METHOD OF Dissolve about 0.5 g of the dried sample, accurately weighed, in 30 ml of


ASSAY water and titrate with 0.1 N iodine solution using starch TS as the indicator.
Each ml of 0.1 N iodine is equivalent to 15.81 mg of Na2S2O3.

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