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 penalty powder, unsafe contact with the skin.
Insoluble in water, ethanol or ether, primarily used as lubricating substance, anti-adhesion representative, flow aid.
Magnesium stearate is specifically appropriate for the granulation of oil and remove medications, as well as the granules have excellent fluidness as well as compressibility.
Magnesium stearate is utilized as a circulation help in direct pressing.
Magnesium stearate can also be utilized as filter help, clarifiers and also frothing representatives, along with suspending representatives and thickeners for liquid prep work.

Preparation technique of magnesium stearate
15 phr of magnesium sulfate was liquified in 150 phr of water, warmed to 55 ℃, and gradually added to the ready salt stearate remedy, the re-decomposition reaction was executed under stirring, and the magnesium stearate was sped up as solid.
After the conclusion of the reaction, the clear liquid was separated, then washed with water, dried out by centrifugation as well as dried out at 80-85 ℃ to get the completed product.

Application area of magnesium stearate
According to different application areas, magnesium stearate can be subdivided into food grade magnesium stearate, pharmaceutical quality magnesium stearate and also industrial grade magnesium stearate; according to different dose forms of products, magnesium stearate can be subdivided into powdered magnesium stearate and flake magnesium stearate, amongst which powdered magnesium stearate is the mainstream item in the market.

Powdered magnesium stearate is frequently utilized as anti-caking representative as well as medication launching representative in the fields of day-to-day chemical products, medicine and also food. with the rapid development of downstream market, the market range of powdered magnesium stearate will remain to increase.
1. Magnesium stearate is made use of as a heat stabilizer for PVC, along with raw materials for cosmetic flour, skin ointment as well as medical tablets (shaping agent, lubricating substance), for lubrication as well as transparency in wood powder, and also for clear smoothing representative in paint sector.
2. Extensively utilized in food, medication, paint, plastic, rubber, textile and so forth.
3. Magnesium stearate is a new kind of medical excipient, which can be made use of as film finishing material for strong prep work, thickener for colloidal fluid preparation, suspending agent and so forth.
4. Utilized in cosmetics for powder items, can boost attachment, lubricity, yet likewise can be used as basic materials for pharmaceutical tablet computers.

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