What is magnesium stearate

What is magnesium stearate?
Magnesium stearate, chemical formula for C36H70MgO4, molecular weight of 591.24, is an organic compound, is a white sand-free fine powder, unsafe contact with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, generally utilized as lube, anti-adhesion representative, circulation aid.
Magnesium stearate is especially suitable for the granulation of oil and essence drugs, and also the granules have great fluidity as well as compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a circulation aid in direct pushing.
Magnesium stearate can also be used as filter aids, clarifiers and frothing representatives, in addition to suspending representatives and also thickeners for liquid preparations.

Preparation method of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was dissolved in 150 phr of water, heated up to 55 ℃, and slowly added to the ready salt stearate remedy, the re-decomposition reaction was accomplished under stirring, and also the magnesium stearate was sped up as solid.
After the completion of the reaction, the clear fluid was separated, then cleaned with water, dried out by centrifugation and also dried out at 80-85 ℃ to obtain the finished item.

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

Powdered magnesium stearate is typically used as anti-caking agent and also medication releasing representative in the areas of daily chemical products, medicine and also food. with the quick advancement of downstream market, the marketplace scale of powdered magnesium stearate will certainly continue to broaden.
1. Magnesium stearate is made use of as a warm stabilizer for PVC, along with basic materials for cosmetic flour, skin lotion as well as medical tablets (forming representative, lubricant), for lubrication and transparency in wood powder, and also for transparent smoothing agent in paint sector.
2. Commonly utilized in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and so forth.
3. Magnesium stearate is a brand-new sort of medical excipient, which can be used as movie finish material for solid preparation, thickener for colloidal liquid preparation, suspending agent and so forth.
4. Utilized in cosmetics for powder products, can improve bond, lubricity, but likewise can be made use of as raw materials for pharmaceutical tablets.

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