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, slippery call with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, mostly utilized as lubricant, anti-adhesion representative, circulation aid.
Magnesium stearate is particularly ideal for the granulation of oil and also essence drugs, as well as the granules have good fluidity and compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is made use of as a circulation help in straight pressing.
Magnesium stearate can also be utilized as filter help, clarifiers and also lathering agents, in addition to putting on hold representatives and also thickeners for fluid prep work.

Preparation technique of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was dissolved in 150 phr of water, heated up to 55 ℃, as well as gradually included in the ready salt stearate solution, the re-decomposition reaction was performed under mixing, and also the magnesium stearate was sped up as strong.
After the completion of the reaction, the clear liquid was separated, then cleaned with water, dried out by centrifugation as well as dried out at 80-85 ℃ to get the ended up product.

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

Powdered magnesium stearate is frequently made use of as anti-caking agent and also medicine releasing representative in the fields of daily chemical products, medicine and also food. with the fast development 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, in addition to basic materials for aesthetic flour, skin lotion and medical tablets (forming agent, lubricating substance), for lubrication and also openness in timber powder, and also for clear smoothing representative in paint industry.
2. Widely made use of in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and more.
3. Magnesium stearate is a new sort of medical excipient, which can be utilized as movie finishing product for solid preparation, thickener for colloidal fluid prep work, suspending representative and so on.
4. Made use of in cosmetics for powder items, can enhance bond, lubricity, but also can be utilized as resources for pharmaceutical tablet computers.

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