Ethyl Cellulose

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Ethyl cellulose Basic information
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

Ethyl cellulose Chemical Properties
Melting point     240-255 °C
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
color     White to slightly yellow
Specific Gravity    1.14
Water Solubility     insoluble

Ethyl cellulose Usage And Synthesis
Chemical Properties    white to slightly yellowish powder
Chemical Properties    Ethylcellulose is a tasteless, free-flowing, white to light tan-colored powder.
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.