Description

Molecular formula : C4H6O6
Molecular weight: **0.*9
Character: Colorless crystals or white power, without odor, with sour taste, stable in air, compound of equal quantity ofdextro-rotatory and levo-rotatory tartaric acid, containing one or two molecule crystalline water and losting water when heated to **0°C, specific gravity 1.**7. Its solubility in ether is about 1% and 5.*1(*5°C) in ethanol, in water is *0.*0(*0°C).