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 fine powder, unsafe call with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, generally used as lubricating substance, anti-adhesion agent, circulation aid.
Magnesium stearate is especially ideal for the granulation of oil and extract medicines, and also the granules have good fluidity and compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a flow aid in direct pushing.
Magnesium stearate can likewise be made use of as filter aids, clarifiers and foaming representatives, as well as putting on hold representatives and thickeners for liquid prep work.

Preparation approach of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was liquified in 150 phr of water, heated up to 55 ℃, and also slowly added to the ready sodium stearate option, the re-decomposition response was executed under stirring, as well as the magnesium stearate was sped up as solid.
After the conclusion of the reaction, the clear fluid was separated, then washed with water, dehydrated by centrifugation and dried out at 80-85 ℃ to obtain the finished item.

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

Powdered magnesium stearate is often made use of as anti-caking representative as well as medicine launching agent in the fields of day-to-day chemical items, medication and also food. with the fast growth of downstream market, the market scale of powdered magnesium stearate will certainly remain to increase.
1. Magnesium stearate is made use of as a heat stabilizer for PVC, in addition to resources for aesthetic flour, skin ointment as well as clinical tablets (forming agent, lube), for lubrication and also openness in wood powder, as well as for transparent smoothing agent in paint market.
2. Extensively used in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and so on.
3. Magnesium stearate is a new sort of medicinal excipient, which can be made use of as film finish product for solid preparation, thickener for colloidal fluid preparation, putting on hold agent and so forth.
4. Made use of in cosmetics for powder items, can improve adhesion, lubricity, yet likewise can be made use of as basic materials for pharmaceutical tablets.

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