What is magnesium stearate

What is magnesium stearate?
Magnesium stearate, chemical formula for C36H70MgO4, molecular weight of 591.24, is a natural compound, is a white sand-free penalty powder, slippery call with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, primarily used as lubricant, anti-adhesion representative, circulation aid.
Magnesium stearate is especially suitable for the granulation of oil and also extract medications, and also the granules have excellent fluidity as well as compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a flow aid in direct pressing.
Magnesium stearate can additionally be made use of as filter help, clarifiers as well as frothing representatives, along with suspending representatives and also thickeners for liquid prep work.

Prep work method of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was liquified in 150 phr of water, warmed to 55 ℃, as well as slowly added to the ready sodium stearate option, the re-decomposition response was carried out under mixing, and the magnesium stearate was precipitated as strong.
After the completion of the reaction, the clear liquid was divided, then washed with water, dried out by centrifugation and also dried out at 80-85 ℃ to obtain the completed product.

Application area of magnesium stearate
According to different application areas, magnesium stearate can be subdivided into food grade magnesium stearate, pharmaceutical quality magnesium stearate and industrial grade magnesium stearate; according to various dosage forms of items, magnesium stearate can be partitioned into powdered magnesium stearate and also flake magnesium stearate, among which powdered magnesium stearate is the mainstream product in the marketplace.

Powdered magnesium stearate is typically utilized as anti-caking representative and medication launching agent in the fields of everyday chemical items, medication and food. with the fast development of downstream market, the marketplace range of powdered magnesium stearate will continue to expand.
1. Magnesium stearate is used as a warm stabilizer for PVC, along with raw materials for cosmetic flour, skin lotion as well as clinical tablets (shaping representative, lubricant), for lubrication and transparency in wood powder, as well as for transparent smoothing agent in paint industry.
2. Commonly made use of in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and so on.
3. Magnesium stearate is a new kind of medicinal excipient, which can be made use of as movie covering product for solid prep work, thickener for colloidal liquid prep work, putting on hold representative and more.
4. Used in cosmetics for powder products, can boost bond, lubricity, but also can be utilized as resources for pharmaceutical tablet computers.

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