PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

Polyethylene glycol is a kind of polymer, the chemical formula is HO(CH2CH2O)nH, non-irritant, slightly bitter taste, good water solubility, and good compatibility with many organic components. It has excellent lubrication, humectancy, dispersion, adhesion, and can be used as antistatic agent and softener, etc. It has a wide range of applications in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chemical fiber, rubber, plastics, papermaking, paint, electroplating, pesticides, metal processing and food processing industries.

MAIN APPLICATIONS

Polyethylene glycol and polyethylene glycol fatty acid esters are widely used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Polyethylene glycol has many excellent properties: water solubility, non-volatility, physiological inertia, mildness, lubricity and skin wetting, softness, pleasant afterfeel, etc. Polyethylene glycol can be selected from different relative molecular mass grades. Different relative molecular mass grades of polyethylene glycol can be selected to change the viscosity, hygroscopicity and organizational structure of the products. Polyethylene glycol with low relative molecular mass (Mr<2000) is suitable for use as wetting agent and consistency regulator for creams, lotions, toothpastes and shaving creams, etc. It is also suitable for non-washable hair care products to give hair a silky luster. Polyethylene glycol with high relative molecular mass (Mr>2000) is used in lipsticks, deodorant sticks, soaps, shaving soaps, foundations and beauty cosmetics. In detergents, polyethylene glycol is also used as a suspending and thickening agent. In the pharmaceutical industry, it is used as a base for ointments, emulsions, ointments, lotions and suppositories.

Polyethylene glycols are widely used in a variety of pharmaceutical formulations such as injectable, topical, ophthalmic, oral and rectal formulations. Solid grade polyethylene glycols can be added to liquid polyethylene glycols to adjust viscosity for topical ointments; polyethylene glycol mixtures can be used as suppository matrices; aqueous solutions of polyethylene glycols can be used as co-suspension agents or to adjust the viscosity of other suspension media; and polyethylene glycols are used in conjunction with other emulsifiers to increase emulsion stability. In addition, polyethylene glycol is also used as film coating agent, tablet lubricant, controlled release materials.