Monosodium tartrate or sodium bitartrate is a
sodium
Sodium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Na (from Neo-Latin ) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 element, group 1 of the peri ...
acid salt of
tartaric acid. As a food additive it is used as an acidity regulator and is known by the
E number
E numbers, short for Europe numbers, are codes for substances used as food additives, including those found naturally in many foods, such as vitamin C, for use within the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Commonly ...
E335. As an analytical reagent, it can be used in a test for
ammonium cation which gives a white
precipitate.
See also
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Sodium tartrate, the disodium salt of tartaric acid
References
Organic sodium salts
Tartrates
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