GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE

 

SYNONYM: GMS; GLYCERIN MONOSTEARATE

 

FORMULA: C21H42O4

 

M.W.: 358.5604

 

CAS NO.: 31566-31-1

 

GRADE: TECH GRADE

 

DESCRIPTION: A LIPOPHILIC NON-IONIC SURFACTANT WITH HLB OF 3.6 - 4.2.

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

 

APPEARANCE

YELLOWISH LUMP

MONOESTER CONTENT

35%MIN

IODINE VALUE (g/100g)

3.0 MAX.

FREEZING POINT

54℃

FREE ACID

2.5% MAX.

ARSENIC (As)

0.0001%MAX.

HEAVY METALS (AS Pb)

0.0005% MAX.

IRON (Fe)

0.002% MAX.

 

USES: IT HAS EFFECTS OF EMULSIFICATION, DISPERSION, FOAMING, DEFOAMING, STARCH ANTI-AGING AND FAT AGGLOMERATION CONTROL, AND IS WIDELY USED IN FOODSTUFFS, COSMETIC, MEDICINE AND PLASTIC PROCESSING INDUSTRIES. IT IS AN EMULSIFIER USED MOST WIDELY AND IN THE LARGEST QUANTITIES IN THE FOODSTUFF INDUSTRY.

 

PACKING: 20 KG PER SACK (FLAKES OF POWDER), OR 25 KG PER CARTON (LUMPS). STORED IN DRY AND COOL PLACES. SHELF LIFE: 1 YEAR.