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Potassium Citrate
Potassium Citrate (INCI) is the tripotassium salt of citric acid, registered under CAS # 866-84-2 and EC # 212-755-5. According to CosIng, its official functions in cosmetic formulations are buffering and chelating. It is also known by its Ph. Eur. name Kalii Citras.
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Potassium Citrate serves primarily as a pH buffering agent to help maintain formula stability and as a chelating agent to bind metal ions that could otherwise degrade a product. No direct skin-benefit claims are supported by the source.
buffering
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