Sodium Carboxymethy Cellulose ( CMC )

Sodium Carboxymethy Cellulose  ( CMC )

CHEMICAL DESCRIPTION

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is white or yellowish powder that is odorless, tasteless and non-toxic. It has high hygroscopicity and is soluble in water to form thick liquid. It is a polyanionic electrolyte and is not fermented. It has good heat-stability, resistance to salt and film-forming characteristics. It is a strong emulsifier for fatty and oil.

Applications:

The product is widely used in the industry of oil field darilling, textile, daily chemicals, building materials,ceramals, food and medicine as thickener, emulsifier, adhesive, excipient, protective colloid, etc. They CMC for  Food, toothpaste, petroleum industry, drilling fluid, Pharmaceutical industry, welding rod, ceramic industry, detergent, painting, paper making and other industries

 PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Typical data are :

Form                     Free flowing powder or granulate
Color                    Light cream to white
Odor                     Odorless
Solubility               Complete in water
pH value (25degree)          6.5-8.5 (2% solution)

Dust explosion data:

Auto-flammability (degree)        ~370 (dust)
Explosion Limit-lower (g/m-)  165 (dust)

CMC packing : should be packed into edible polyethylene film inner-bag enclosed by composite paper-plastic outer-bag.

Net weight is 25 kg a bag.