| SR. No |
Criteria |
Limit/Specification |
| 1. |
Appearance |
White to creamy- white, crystalline powder. Odorless to having it slight odor. Is stable in air, but turns yellow on exposure to light. |
| 2. |
Solubility |
Freely soluble in 30% of ammonia solution; slightly soluble in acetone; practically insoluble in ethanol (95%), chloroform and ether. |
| 3. |
Identification |
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A. By IR |
The IR Spectrum is concordant with the reference spectrum of Silver Sulfadiazine |
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B. By HPLC |
The RT of the major peak of the Sample solution corresponds t O that of the Standard solution, as obtained in the Assay |
| 4. |
Silver Content |
29.3% - 30.5% of Silver is found |
| 5. |
Limit of Nitrate (By UV-Vis) |
Nmt 0.5% |
| 6. |
Organic Impurities (By HPLC ) |
| Name |
Acceptance Criteria NMT (%) |
| Sulfanilic Acid |
0.3% |
| Sulfaguanidine |
0.10% |
| Sulfanilamide |
0.10% |
| 2-Aminopyrimidine |
0.3% |
| Acetylsulfadiazine |
0.2% |
| Specified unidentified impurity |
0.15% |
| Individual unidentified impurity |
0.10% |
| Total Impurities |
0.5% |
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| 7. |
Loss of Drying |
NMT 0.5% |
| 8. |
Assay (By HPLC) |
98.0% - 102.0% on the dried basis |