What is the use of hydroxyethyl cellulose thickener?
Commonly used as thickening agent, protective agent, adhesive, stabilizer and preparation of emulsion, gel, ointment, lotion, eye cleaning agent, suppository and tablet additive, also used as a hydrophilic gel skeleton material, and preparation of sustained-release preparation, also can be used for food as the stabilizer etc..
Hydroxyethyl cellulose is used as thickener and filtrate reducer for water base drilling fluid and completion fluid, and it has obvious thickening effect in brine drilling fluid. It can also be used as filtrate reducer for oil well cement. Crosslinked with polyvalent metal ions into gels.
Hydroxyethyl cellulose is used as a sizing agent in the textile industry, as an adhesive in electronics and light industries, thickening, emulsification, stabilization, and other additives.
Hydroxyethyl cellulose is used in fracturing methods to produce petroleum water based gel fracturing fluids, polymeric dispersions such as polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride. It can also be used in paint industry, emulsion thickening agent, electronic industry humidity sensitive resistor, building cement, cement retarder and water retention agent. Ceramic industry, glaze and toothpaste adhesive. Also widely used in printing and dyeing, textiles, paper making, medicine, health, food, cigarettes, pesticides and fire extinguishing agent, etc.
