54290

Hydroxyethyl-cellulose

viscosity 90-160 cP, 5 % in H₂O(25 °C)

• Synonym(s): Cellosize® EP-09
• CAS Number: 9004-62-0
• MDL number: MFCD00072770
• UNSPSC Code: 12352201
• NACRES: NA.25

Properties

• form: powder
• Quality Level: 100
• color: beige
• viscosity: 90-160 cP, 5 % in H₂O(25 °C)
• storage temp.: room temp
• InChI: 1S/C29H52O21/c1-10-15(34)16(35)24(13(8-33)45-10)49-28-20(39)18(37)25(50-29-26(43-5-4-30)21(40)23(42-3)12(7-32)47-29)14(48-28)9-44-27-19(38)17(36)22(41-2)11(6-31)46-27/h10-40H,4-9H2,1-3H3
• InChI key: CWSZBVAUYPTXTG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Hydroxyethyl cellulose is a gelling and thickening agent derived from cellulose and is widely used in cosmetics, cleaning solutions and other household products. It is used with hydrophobic drugs in capsule formulations, to improve the drugs dissolution in the gastrointestinal fluids. This process is known as hydrophilization.

Application

Hydroxyethylcellulose is used as a gelling and thickening agent in the development of biostructures for the delivery of hydrophobic drugs. Hydroxyethylcellulose is used in the development of polymer networks and block copolymers useful in separation technology such as capillary electrophoresis and in biofilms and coatings. It is also used for encapsulation of cells in chitosan/glycerophosphate/hydroxyethyl cellulose (chitosan-GP/HEC) gels.

Other Notes

To gain a comprehensive understanding of our extensive range of Polysaccharides for your research, we encourage you to visit our Carbohydrates Category page.

Network-forming polymer in capillary electrophoresis of DNA restriction fragments

Safety Information

• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): Not applicable
• Flash Point(C): Not applicable
• Personal Protective Equipment: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves