PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-Na) is an organic substance with the chemical formula [C6H7O2(OH)2OCH2COONa]n. It is a carboxymethyl derivative of cellulose and the most important ionic cellulose gum. Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is usually an anionic polymer compound obtained by reacting natural cellulose with caustic soda and monochloroacetic acid, with a molecular weight ranging from several thousand to one million. CMC-Na is a white fibrous or granular powder, odorless, tasteless, hygroscopic, and easy to disperse in water to form a transparent colloidal solution.

PRODUCT USES

It is widely used in oil industry well drilling mud treatment agents, synthetic detergents, organic builders, textile printing and dyeing sizing agents, water-soluble colloidal thickeners for daily chemical products, thickeners and emulsifiers for the pharmaceutical industry, thickeners for the food industry, adhesives for the ceramic industry, industrial pastes, sizing agents for the papermaking industry, etc. It is used as a flocculant in water treatment, mainly used in wastewater sludge treatment, and can increase the solid content of the filter cake.