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 contact with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, primarily utilized as lubricating substance, anti-adhesion agent, circulation help.
Magnesium stearate is specifically suitable for the granulation of oil and essence medications, as well as the granules have excellent fluidity and compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a flow help in direct pressing.
Magnesium stearate can also be used as filter aids, clarifiers and lathering representatives, in addition to suspending agents and also thickeners for fluid preparations.

Prep work technique of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was dissolved in 150 phr of water, heated up to 55 ℃, and gradually contributed to the prepared sodium stearate remedy, the re-decomposition response was executed under stirring, and the magnesium stearate was sped up as solid.
After the completion of the response, the clear fluid was separated, then washed with water, dehydrated by centrifugation as well as dried out at 80-85 ℃ to obtain the completed item.

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

Powdered magnesium stearate is usually utilized as anti-caking agent as well as medication releasing representative in the fields of day-to-day chemical items, medicine and also food. with the quick growth of downstream market, the marketplace range of powdered magnesium stearate will remain to expand.
1. Magnesium stearate is used as a heat stabilizer for PVC, in addition to raw materials for aesthetic flour, skin ointment and also medical tablet computers (shaping representative, lubricating substance), for lubrication and also transparency in timber powder, and also for transparent smoothing agent in paint sector.
2. Widely used in food, medicine, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and so on.
3. Magnesium stearate is a brand-new sort of medical excipient, which can be used as film finishing material for solid preparation, thickener for colloidal fluid prep work, putting on hold representative and so forth.
4. Made use of in cosmetics for powder products, can enhance adhesion, lubricity, but additionally can be used as raw materials for pharmaceutical tablets.

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