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Product Name:
Physical Character:
CAS No.: EINECS No.: Formula: Molecular Weight: Appearance: Synonyms:

D-Sorbitol

50-70-4 200-061-5 C6H14O6 182.173 Colorless crystal or white crystalline powder or granule. D-Glucitol

Specification:
Assay(on dry basis): Moisture: Purity(as sorbitol): Total Sugar: Reducing Sugar: Specific Optical Rotation: Specific Density: PH(50% solution): Residue on Ignition: Heavy Metals(as Pb): Nickel: Arsenic(as As): Lead: Chloride: Sulphate: Particle Size: Storage: 99.0% min. 1.0% max. 98.5% min. 0.3% max. 0.1% max. 4.0~7.0 1.45 min. 5.0~7.0 0.1% max. 5ppm max. 1ppm max. 1ppm max. 1ppm max. 10ppm max. 10ppm max. 10mesh~20mesh; 20mesh~40mesh, 40~80mesh etc. Cool, dry, room-temperature and well-closed container

Usage:
D-Sorbitol is an alcohol. Flammable and/or toxic gases are generated by the combination of alcohols with alkali metals, nitrides, and strong reducing agents. They react with oxoacids and carboxylic acids to form esters plus water. Oxidizing agents convert them to aldehydes or ketones. Alcohols exhibit both weak acid and weak base behavior. They may initiate the polymerization of isocyanates and epoxides.

Application Range
It can be widely used in the ice cream, cake, drinks, candy, dentifrice and other products. 1. Dentifrices As humectant, viscosity and bodying agent for pastes or gels dentifrices. 2. Medicinal Chemistry Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is mainly semi-synthetised from sorbitol by fermentation process by Baccillus suboxydant. 3. Pharmaceuticals In oral or topical preparation, it is used as humectant, sweetener, bodying and viscosity agent, vehicle, anti-caplocking and texture improvement. In other case, sorbitol is useful to promote the absorption of certain minerals such as Cs, Sr, F and vitamins B12. In high concentration, sorbitol is a stabiliser for unstable vitamins and antibiotics. 4. Toiletries-Cosmetics As humectant or emollients, viscosity agent and to promote stability of goods. It has wide usage in shampoo, astringent, and other emulsion system of cosmetics. 5. Foods and Beverages As sweeteners and humectant, either on diabetics or dietetics purpose. 6. Chemical Industries Surfactant Industries Sorbitol gives most contributions in synthetic surfactants (surface active agents), such as Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan FattyAcid Esters and Sorbitan FattyAcid Esters. 7. Polyurethane Industries Sorbitol, together with other polyhydric alcohols such as glycerol, is one of the ingredients in alkyl resins and rigid polyurethane foams manufacturing. 8. Other Applications In tobacco industries, sorbitol may give mild effect in sniff, good humectant agent, and is also to avoid acrolein formation which formed in burned glycerine. In textile industries, sorbitol is used as softener and colour stabiliser, and as softener in leather industries.