Product Details:
Ethyl Cellulose, a non-polar derivative of cellulose, presents as a neutral-tasting, free-flowing powder ranging from white to light tan. This multifunctional polymer serves as an outstanding binder, film former, and thickener, particularly in suntan gels, creams, and lotions. Ethyl Cellulose is the ethyl ether of cellulose, insoluble in water but compatible with a wide array of organic solvents. In pharmaceutical applications, it is utilized as an adhesive agent in tablets and granules, enhancing tablet hardness, reducing friability, and acting as a film-forming agent to mask taste and protect water-sensitive drugs. It is also instrumental in the production of sustained release tablets as a reinforcing material.

Ethyl Cellulose is a tasteless,free-flowing,white to light tan-colored powder.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.

Ethyl cellulose can't dissolve in water,but soluble in many organic solvents,so EC used in tablets,granules of its adhesive agent.It can increase the hardness of tablets to reduce friability tablets,it can be used as film-forming agent to improve the appearance of tablets,isolated taste,to avoid the failure of water-sensitive drugs to prevent the influx of metamorphic change agents,promoting the safe storage of tablets,also can be used as reinforcing material for sustained release tablets.

Applications

Printing Inks: Ethyl Cellulose is used in solvent-based ink systems such as gravure,flexographic and screen printing inks.It is organosoluble and highly compatible with plasticizers and polymers.It provides improved rheology and binding properties which helps the formation of high strength and resistance films.

Adhesives: Ethyl Cellulose is broadly used in hot melts and other solvent-based adhesives for its excellent thermoplasticity and green strength.It is soluble in hot polymers,plasticizers,and oils.

Coatings: Ethyl Cellulose provides waterproofing,toughness,flexibility and high gloss to paints and coatings. It can also be used in some specialty coatings such as in food contact paper,fluorescent lighting,roofing, enameling,lacquers,varnishes,and marine coatings.