Glycerine pharma, medical and cosmetic grade

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What is Glycerin?

Glycerin known as glycerol, is a colorless, odorless, and sweet-tasting liquid. It is a type of alcohol with three hydroxyl (OH) groups. Glycerin is a naturally occurring compound found in various plant and animal fats. It can also be synthesized through chemical processes.

It has numerous applications in various industries due to its properties. Some common uses of glycerin include:

Personal Care Products

Glycerin is often used in skincare products, soaps, and cosmetics due to its moisturizing and hydrating properties. It helps to retain moisture in the skin, making it smooth and soft.

Food and Beverage

Glycerin is sometimes use as a food additive, primarily as a sweetener or humectant. It can enhance the texture and shelf life of certain foods and beverages. It is also commonly found in bake goods, dairy products, and confectionery.

Pharmaceutical and Medical Applications

It is using in the pharmaceutical industry as a solvent, preservative, and lubricant in various medications and topical preparations. It is also using in the production of suppositories and cough syrups.

Industrial Applications

Glycerin has applications in industries such as cosmetics, textiles, paints, and printing similar to liquid paraffin. It is using as a solvent, lubricant, and humectant in these applications.

E-liquids and Vaping

Glycerin is one of the main components in e-liquids used for electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. It provides the base for vapor production.

Glycerol or glycerine or glycerin is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic.

Physical properties of glycerine

Glycerine is a water-soluble, clear, colorless and odorless, sweet-tasting and viscous liquid with a high boiling point.

Chemical properties

Glycerine is a trihydric alcohol capable of being reacted yet stable under most conditions. Because of these unusual properties, its good compatibility with numerous other substances and the ease of processing it, glycerine is use in many areas.

Pharmaceutical formulations

Glycerine is a sugar alcohol and the simplest trihydric alcohol, a triol . The glycerol backbone is found in many lipids which are known as glycerides. Glycerine is a by-product of saponified, hydrolyzed or transesterified fats and oils . It is widely use as a sweetener in the food industry and as a humectant in pharmaceutical formulations. Glycerol has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature.

Packing of Glycerin

glycerin drum

packing of glycerin

Specification of Glycerin

Glycerin is use in industries like paints , resin , army.

To avoid freezing of Hydrolic jacks and oiling the instruments is being use vastly.

PARAMETERS

SPECIFICATION

METHODS

GLYCEROL CONTENT , %WT

98  MIN

USP 38

MOISTURE  CONTENT , %WT

1  MAX

KARL FISCHER COULOMETER

SPECIFIC GRAVITY , 25/25 °C

1.2500  MIN

SPECIFY GRAVITY METERS

COLOR , APHA

10  MAX

AOCS  Ea  9-65

RESIDUE ON IGNITION , %WT

0.01  MAX

USP 38

CHLORIDE , ppm C1

30  MAX

USP 38

SULPHATE , ppm SO4

20  MAX

USP 38

HEAVY METALS , ppm Pb

5  MAX

USP 38

CHLORINATED  COMPOUNDS , ppm C1

30 MAX

USP 38

FATTY ACID & ESTERS , m1 OF 0.5 N NaOH/50 g

2.0  MAX

USP 38

DIETHYLEN GLYCOL AND RELATED COMPOUNDS , %WT

1.0  MAX

USP 38

ORGANIC VOLATILE IMPURITIES , %WT

                          USP 38

INFRARED  ABSORPTION

DETECTABLE

SPECTROFOTOMETER  IR

 

Glycerin 99-99.2% is vastly used in hair and skin protection products , in soaps also in perfume as essence and in detergents . also it is used in pastes , face and hand creams .

Cosmetic grade  glycerin

PARAMETERS

SPECIFICATION

METHODS

GLYCEROL CONTENT , %WT

99.2  MIN

USP 38

MOISTURE  CONTENT , %WT

0.6  MAX

KARL FISCHER COULOMETER

SPECIFIC GRAVITY , 25/25 °C

1.2600  MIN

SPECIFY GRAVITY METERS

COLOR , APHA

10  MAX

AOCS  Ea  9-65

RESIDUE ON IGNITION , %WT

0.01  MAX

USP 38

CHLORIDE , ppm C1

10  MAX

USP 38

SULPHATE , ppm SO4

20  MAX

USP 38

HEAVY METALS , ppm Pb

5  MAX

USP 38

CHLORINATED  COMPOUNDS , ppm C1

30 MAX

USP 38

FATTY ACID & ESTERS , m1 OF 0.5 N NaOH/50 g

1.0 MAX

USP 38

DIETHYLEN GLYCOL AND RELATEDCOMPOUNDS , %WT

0.1 MAX

USP 38

ORGANIC VOLATILE IMPURITIES , %WT

USP 38

INFRARED  ABSORPTION

DETECTABLE

SPECTROFOTOMETER  IR

 

 

Glycerin (Food Grade)

Glycerine 99-99.5% is used in foods and drinks for making It sweet , it is sweet and help the food to become expired lated , It is in Carbohydrate group

PARAMETERS

SPECIFICATION

METHODS

GLYCEROL CONTENT , %WT

99.5  MIN

USP 38

MOISTURE  CONTENT , %WT

0.5  MAX

KARL FISCHER COULOMETER

SPECIFIC GRAVITY , 25/25 °C

1.2606  MIN

SPECIFY GRAVITY METERS

COLOR , APHA

10  MAX

AOCS  Ea  9-65

RESIDUE ON IGNITION , %WT

0.01  MAX

USP 38

CHLORIDE , ppm C1

10  MAX

USP 38

SULPHATE , ppm SO4

20  MAX

USP 38

HEAVY METALS , ppm Pb

5  MAX

USP 38

CHLORINATED  COMPOUNDS , ppm C1

30 MAX

USP 38

FATTY ACID & ESTERS , m1 OF 0.5 N NaOH/50 g

1.0 MAX

USP 38

DIETHYLEN GLYCOL AND RELATEDCOMPOUNDS , %WT

0.1 MAX

USP 38

ORGANIC VOLATILE IMPURITIES , %WT

USP 38

INFRARED  ABSORPTION

DETECTABLE

SPECTROFOTOMETER  IR