TWEEN 80 Polysorbate 80 Food Grade
Character
TWEEN 80 also known as Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monooleate or Polysorbate 80, is a kind of yellow clear oily liquid under room temperature, will become gel when temperature drop and liquefy again when temperature rise, with special odor and bitter taste; it is soluble in water, sulfuric acid, dilute alkali, aniline, ethyl acetate and toluene, while insoluble in vegetable oil and mineral oil.
Applications
Food grade TWEEN 80 is a kind of O/W emulsifier, it is widely used as emulsifier, dispersant, stabilizer, dispersing agent, softening agent, antistatic agent, finishing agent in industries such as food, medicine, cosmetics, paint and textile, and used as anti-rust agent in metal surface rust cleaning industry, meanwhile it is also used as the viscosity reducer for oil exploitation and transportation.
Specifications
| ITEMS | Unit | Standard |
| APPERANCE | -- | yellow clear oily liquid |
| Acid value | Mg KOH/g | ≤2 |
| Saponification value | Mg KOH/g | 45-55 |
| Hydroxyl value | Mg KOH/g | 65-80 |
| Moisture | % | ≤3.0 |
| Residue on ignition | W/% | ≤0.25 |
| Oxyethylene | W/% | ≤65.0-69.5 |
| Pb | Mg/Kg | ≤2 |
| HLB value | -- | 15.0 |
| Note: we can amend the specification slightly according to customer demand. | ||