{"id":52,"date":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/product\/citric-acid-50-solution\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:48:11","slug":"citric-acid-50-solution","status":"publish","type":"mc_product","link":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/product\/citric-acid-50-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Citric Acid 50% Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citric acid supplied as a 50% solution, which removes the dissolving step and the dust exposure that come with the dry product.<\/p>\n<h2>Typical uses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Citric acid passivation of stainless steel per ASTM A967 \u2014 increasingly specified in place of nitric<\/li>\n<li>Chelation and removal of iron, calcium, and other metal deposits<\/li>\n<li>Boiler and heat exchanger cleaning<\/li>\n<li>Membrane and RO system cleaning<\/li>\n<li>Food and beverage acidulation, at food grade<\/li>\n<li>Household and industrial cleaner formulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why it is replacing nitric for passivation<\/h2>\n<p>Citric passivation achieves comparable results to nitric on most stainless grades while eliminating the oxidiser hazard, the fuming, and a nitrate waste stream that is expensive to discharge. Where a specification permits it, the total cost is usually lower even when the chemical costs more.<\/p>\n<p>We can supply at other concentrations on request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty percent citric acid solution, food grade. Chelating acid for cleaning, passivation, and metal removal without the hazards of a mineral acid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":60,"template":"","meta":[],"mc_product_category":[2],"class_list":["post-52","mc_product","type-mc_product","status-publish","hentry","mc_product_category-acids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mc_product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mc_product_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northstarmanagedit.com\/mcc3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_product_category?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}