CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE SODIUM
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Key Characteristics of Our CMC:
- Cellulose Ether Gum: A modified natural polymer.Â
- Anionic Water-Soluble Polymer: Ensures excellent dispersion and dissolution in aqueous systems.Â
- White to Cream Color: Blends seamlessly into various product formulations.Â
- Odorless, Tasteless, and Non-Toxic: Ideal for sensitive applications like food and pharmaceuticals.Â
- Highly Soluble in Hot and Cold Water: Offers flexibility in processing.Â
- Enhanced Microbiological Resistance: Provides greater solution stability.Â
STORAGE
- Stored in Well Closed Container at Cool and Dry Place as Sodium CMC is Hygroscopic by Nature.
SHELF LIFE
- One-year from Date of Manufacturing
CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE SODIUM​
At Rapid Chem, we provide high-quality Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium, commonly known as CMC, CMC Sodium, or Sodium CMC. As a leading cellulose gum (cellulose ether), CMC is an anionic, water-soluble polymer renowned for its exceptional versatility and wide range of industrial applications.Â
Our CMC is a premium-grade product that’s odorless, tasteless, and non-toxic, presented as a white to cream-colored powder. It exhibits excellent solubility in both hot and cold water, dissolving faster in warmer temperatures. Importantly, solutions of our Carboxymethyl Cellulose demonstrate superior resistance to microbiological attack compared to many natural products, ensuring greater stability and shelf-life for your formulations. The unique properties of our CMC make it an indispensable ingredient across a multitude of industries, where it serves as a powerful suspending, thickening, stabilizing, and binding agent.Â
Functional Applications:
- Pharmaceutical Industry: Utilized extensively for its ability to suspend active ingredients, thicken oral suspensions, and stabilize emulsions, ensuring consistent dosage and improved patient compliance.Â
- Food & Beverage Industry:Â
- Dairy Products & Condiments: Plays a crucial role in stabilization, texture improvement, and thickening, enhancing mouthfeel and product consistency.Â
- Baked Goods & Instant Foods: Essential for product molding, improving taste, preventing fragmentation, enhancing water retention, and strengthening tenacity in items like ice cream, bread, cakes, biscuits, and instant noodles.Â
- Cosmetics & Personal Care: Found in formulations such as hair colors, henna, instant tattoos, and various beauty products for its thickening, binding, and film-forming capabilities.Â
- Drilling & Oil Exploration: Acts as a fluid loss control agent and rheology modifier in drilling muds, improving drilling efficiency and well stability.Â
- Paper Industry: Employed in paper manufacturing for surface sizing, internal sizing, and as a coating additive to enhance strength, printability, and surface smoothness.Â
- Detergents: Functions as an anti-redeposition agent, preventing loosened dirt from re-depositing onto fabrics during washing cycles.Â
- Textile Dyeing & Printing: Used as a thickener in dye pastes to ensure crisp designs and prevent color bleeding.Â
- Paints & Coatings: Improves viscosity, stability, and film formation.Â
- Ceramics: Acts as a binder and thickener in glazes and ceramic pastes.Â
- Mining: Used as a flocculant and depressant in mineral processing.Â
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CMC Sodium is a cellulose ether and an anionic, water-soluble polymer.
It is odorless, tasteless, and non-toxic.
It is highly soluble in both hot and cold water, though it dissolves faster in hot water.
It provides better resistance to microbial attacks compared to natural alternatives.
Pharmaceuticals: Used as a suspension agent, thickener, and stabilizer in medicines.
Food Industry: Added to dairy products, ice cream, bread, noodles, and other foods for thickening, water retention, and texture improvement.
Cosmetics: Used in hair color, henna, and instant tattoos for stability and smooth application.
Toothpaste: Acts as a thickening and viscosity stabilizing agent.
Oil Drilling & Paper Industry: Improves fluid viscosity and stability in drilling and paper processing.
CMC should be stored in a well-closed container in a cool and dry place.
Since it is hygroscopic, proper storage helps prevent moisture absorption and degradation.
It has a shelf life of one year from the date of manufacturing.
Improves stability and texture in dairy, baked goods, and instant foods.
Enhances taste and mouthfeel in sauces, ice cream, and beverages.
Prevents fragmentation and retains moisture, improving shelf life.
Strengthens elasticity in dough-based products like bread and noodles.
It acts as a thickening, stabilizing, and suspension agent in liquid medicines.
It improves the consistency of oral and topical pharmaceutical formulations.
Helps maintain uniform dispersion of active ingredients.
Offers better bioavailability and enhances tablet disintegration in drug formulations.