Product Name: Ethyl cellulose
Synonyms: ampacete/c;aquacoat;aquacoatecd30;aquacoatecd30fmc;cellulose,triethylether;celluloseethyl;nixone/c;spt50cps
CAS: 9004-57-3
MF: C23H24N6O4
MW: 448.47446
EINECS: 618-384-9
Product Categories: Cellulose;Materials Science;-;Natural Polymers;Polymer Science;Polymers
density 1.14 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
refractive index n20/D 1.47(lit.)
storage temp. room temp
solubility esters, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols and ketones: soluble
form powder
Specific Gravity 1.14
color White to slightly yellow
Water Solubility insoluble
Uses ethyl cellulose is a binder, film former, and thickener. It is used in suntan gels, creams, and lotions. This is the ethyl ether of cellulose.
Uses Film-former in coatings, hot-melt adhesives and transfer inks and as a plastic coating for a variety of substrates.
Uses In the manufacture of plastics and lacquers. Pharmaceutic aid (tablet binder).
Uses Used as a binder and filler in dry vitamin preparations, as a component of protective coatings for vitamin and mineral tablets, and as a fixative in flavoring compounds. It is a cellulose ether containing ethyoxy groups attached by an ether linkage and containing an anhydrous basis of not more than 2.6 ethoxy groups per anhydroglucose unit.
Product Categories : Fine Chemical
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