What is magnesium stearate

What is magnesium stearate?
Magnesium stearate, chemical formula for C36H70MgO4, molecular weight of 591.24, is a natural substance, is a white sand-free fine powder, slippery contact with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, mostly made use of as lubricating substance, anti-adhesion representative, circulation help.
Magnesium stearate is especially appropriate for the granulation of oil and also remove drugs, as well as the granules have good fluidness and also compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is utilized as a flow aid in straight pressing.
Magnesium stearate can likewise be used as filter aids, clarifiers and frothing representatives, in addition to suspending representatives and also thickeners for fluid preparations.

Preparation method of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was dissolved in 150 phr of water, warmed to 55 ℃, and gradually included in the ready sodium stearate option, the re-decomposition response was performed under stirring, and also the magnesium stearate was sped up as strong.
After the conclusion of the reaction, the clear fluid was divided, then washed with water, dried out by centrifugation and also dried at 80-85 ℃ to obtain the finished product.

Application field of magnesium stearate
According to different application areas, magnesium stearate can be partitioned into food grade magnesium stearate, pharmaceutical grade magnesium stearate and commercial grade magnesium stearate; according to different dosage forms of products, magnesium stearate can be subdivided right into powdered magnesium stearate and flake magnesium stearate, among which powdered magnesium stearate is the mainstream product in the market.

Powdered magnesium stearate is often made use of as anti-caking agent and also drug launching agent in the areas of daily chemical products, medication and also food. with the rapid growth of downstream market, the marketplace range of powdered magnesium stearate will remain to expand.
1. Magnesium stearate is made use of as a heat stabilizer for PVC, as well as resources for cosmetic flour, skin lotion and also clinical tablets (shaping representative, lubricating substance), for lubrication and transparency in wood powder, and also for transparent smoothing agent in paint sector.
2. Widely made use of in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, fabric and more.
3. Magnesium stearate is a new kind of medical excipient, which can be utilized as film layer product for strong prep work, thickener for colloidal fluid prep work, putting on hold representative and so on.
4. Used in cosmetics for powder items, can improve bond, lubricity, but additionally can be utilized as resources for pharmaceutical tablet computers.

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