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With the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus in the world, the market demand for hand sanitizer is increasing. According to the World Health Organization(WHO), washing your hands regularly with alcohol-based hand sanitizers or soap and water can reduce the risk. For washing-free disinfection products, because it contains alcohol, it needs to be thickened to more than […]

1. Gelatinizing Agent  When preparing water-soluble gels, the carbomer concentration is generally selected to be 0.5% ~ 2% according to the viscosity of the required gel. When preparing an emulsion gel, choose a concentration of 1%. When preparing skincare products, the final mass fraction of Carbomer should be controlled to be less than 0.8%, and […]

The gel prepared with carbomer as an auxiliary material is a transparent semi-solid, uniform texture, and has the characteristics of a water-soluble matrix. It can be coated on the skin and mucous membranes to form a transparent film with strong adhesion. 1.1 Water-Soluble Gel Usually, when preparing water-soluble gels, the first step is to fully […]

1.Carbomer Dispersion Technology Before thickening, the carbomer powder must be fully dispersed in the liquid medium. The carbomer powder is very easy to absorb moisture and agglomerate, and the surface is extremely easy to form a gel that protective layer to prevent rapid wetting inside the block. The following methods can be used to disperse: […]

Carbomer, also known as carbopol, carboxyrinyl polymer, is a white fluffy powder with a characteristic slight odor. Carbomer is a high molecular polymer which is cross-linked by acrylic acid and allyl sucrose. Its chemical name is Carboxypolymethylene. Carbomer was first produced by Goodrich Company in the United States and has been included in the United […]