Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose

Carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt

Synonym(s): Sodium carboxymethylcellulose; Carboxymethylcellulose, Sodium Salt; Sodium CMC; CMC Sodium Salt; Cellulose Gum; Na-CMC; E466

CAS No: 9004-32-4

E466

SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE

Functional Classes:

Bulking agent

Emulsifier

Firming agent

Gelling agent

Glazing agent

Humectant

Stabilizer

Thickener

SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE is prepared from cellulose by alkali, monochloro-acetic acid, or sodium salt treatment. 

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) is the sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose, an anionic cellulose ether in which some of the hydroxyl groups of the cellulose molecule have been replaced with a carboxy group. 

Chemical names Sodium salt of carboxymethyl ether of cellulose

C.A.S. number 9004-32-4

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is a thickening rheology modifier, stabilizer, moisture retention agent, texture/bodybuilding agent, suspension agent, and binding agent in food, detergents, personal care, and industrial applications. 

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) is a hydrocolloid derived from cellulose. 

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is found in numerous products. 

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is commonly used as a thickener in ice cream, yogurt, beverages, desserts, and baked goods. 

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose is also found in cosmetics, eye drops, and toothpaste. 

In addition, it’s frequently used as a binding agent in medications and nutritional supplements.

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose, called CMC or Cellulose gum, is an efficient thickener and binder for food and water-based applications, including adhesives, coatings, inks, gel packs, drilling mud, and battery electrodes.

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a cellulose derivative, an ionic cellulose gum. 

Due to its unique thickening, suspending adhesion, and water retention properties are widely used in various industrial fields.

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used in the ceramic body, glaze slurry, and fancy glaze. In the ceramic body, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used to improve the shaping of mud materials, facilitate the shaping of the green body, increase the flexural strength of the green body, and is an excellent enhancing agent; in the glaze slurry and fancy glaze, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose can be used as a binder and plays the role of suspending, de-agglomeration and water retention.

 

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose of Other Industrial Grades

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is widely used, adaptable, and an indispensable raw material in many industrial fields. 

In the synthetic detergent industry, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is one of the best active additives, with emulsifying, thickening, homogenizing, and protective colloid effects; 

In the coatings industry, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is the thickener and film-forming agent, can make product storage stable, has rheological properties excellent and easy for mechanical construction, and helps to improve the flexibility and gloss of coatings, 

In the welding electrode industry, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is the lubricant and gas-generating agent, with such characteristics as extruding performance, lubricity, and good resistance to shedding; 

In the battery industry, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is the binder, thickener, and dispersing agent; 

In the textile industry, Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is the sizing agent and textile finishing agent, and in the printing paste, thickening, emulsifying, and suspending agents are used.