Polyethylene glycol is used as a thickening agent and gel binder in the pharmaceutical industry. It is used as a analytical reagents, substrates, flocculants, dispersants, lubricants, emulsifiers, moisturizers, food additives.
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Applications
Polyethylene glycol is used as a thickening agent and gel binder in the pharmaceutical industry. It is used as a analytical reagents, substrates, flocculants, dispersants, lubricants, emulsifiers, moisturizers, food additives.
Solubility
Soluble in water.
Notes
Contains 50% PEG 3350 in 0.1M Lithium Acetate solution, pH 4.9.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Neil P. Desai; Jeffrey A. Hubbell. Solution technique to incorporate polyethylene oxide and other water-soluble polymers into surfaces of polymeric biomaterials. Biomaterials. 1991, 12 (2), 144-153.
- Jin Ho Lee; Jindrich Kopecek and Joseph D. Protein-resistant surfaces prepared by PEO-containing block copolymer surfactants. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 1989, 23, (3), 351-368.