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Title:

Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Formulations
Value Proposition:
Property Value
Viscosity (0.5%) : 4000‒10000 cP @25 deg C
Carboxylic Acid Content 56‒68 %
LOD 2.0 % Max
Heavy Metals 10 ppm
Residual solvent 0.5 % Max
Residual Monomer 1000 ppm Max
Sulphated ash 2.5 % Max
Summary Application:
  • Laboratory scale process of synthesizing Carbomer 971P, a lightly crosslinked polyacrylic acid with viscosity of 0.5% aqueous solution in the range of 4000-10000 cP.
  • Used ethyl acetate as the solvent for the polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of crosslinker
  • Good yield and optimized the reaction conditions to achieve the desired aqueous solution viscosity.
Advantages:

Suspensions, personal care, gels, lotions, creams etc
Commercialization Status: Licensed awaiting commercialisation
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology[CSIR-IICT]
:  director[at]iict[dot]res[dot]in
:91-40-27193030
:https://www.iict.res.in
Industrial Applications: Formulations [Drugs and Pharmaceuticals] Personal care [Drugs and Pharmaceuticals]
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