What is the main function of alginate?

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Industrial role

Alginate can quickly absorb water and can be used as dehydrating agent and sizing agent in papermaking and textile industries. Its main function is to be used as emulsifier or thickener in the form of sodium alginate or potassium alginate in the food industry and daily chemical industry. It is a common ingredient in foods and cosmetics such as ice cream and milkshake.

Medical function

In the pharmaceutical industry, alginate is a commonly used excipient: its viscosity makes it the adhesive of tablets; Because it expands with water, it is also used as disintegrating agent to disperse the tablets in the human body; Or it can be used as a dispersant to disperse the effective components into the liquid to become a suspension; Alginate is used as a drug sustained release agent. Dental use it to replace gypsum and rubber to make dental molds. Alginate itself can be used as an absorbent to treat heavy metal poisoning.

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