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, slippery call with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, mostly made use of as lubricating substance, anti-adhesion agent, circulation aid.
Magnesium stearate is particularly appropriate for the granulation of oil as well as essence drugs, as well as the granules have great fluidity and compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a circulation aid in straight pressing.
Magnesium stearate can likewise be used as filter help, clarifiers and also lathering representatives, as well as suspending 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 slowly contributed to the prepared sodium stearate remedy, the re-decomposition response was carried out under stirring, as well as the magnesium stearate was sped up as strong.
After the completion of the reaction, the clear liquid was divided, then cleaned with water, dehydrated by centrifugation and dried at 80-85 ℃ to get the completed product.

Application field of magnesium stearate
According to different application areas, magnesium stearate can be partitioned into food quality magnesium stearate, pharmaceutical grade magnesium stearate as well as commercial quality magnesium stearate; according to different dosage forms of products, magnesium stearate can be subdivided right into powdered magnesium stearate and also flake magnesium stearate, amongst which powdered magnesium stearate is the mainstream item on the market.

Powdered magnesium stearate is usually used as anti-caking representative and drug releasing agent in the areas of daily chemical items, medication as well as food. with the fast advancement of downstream market, the market scale of powdered magnesium stearate will certainly continue to increase.
1. Magnesium stearate is utilized as a warmth stabilizer for PVC, as well as basic materials for aesthetic flour, skin ointment and clinical tablets (forming agent, lubricant), for lubrication as well as openness in timber powder, as well as for transparent smoothing agent in paint industry.
2. Widely utilized in food, medicine, 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 covering product for strong prep work, thickener for colloidal liquid prep work, suspending representative and so forth.
4. Made use of in cosmetics for powder products, can boost bond, lubricity, however additionally can be made use of as resources for pharmaceutical tablets.

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