HEC Hydroxyethyl Cellulose can thicken, retain water, developconsistency, improve workability and extend open time.

 HEC Methyl Cellulose

What it is:

GinShiCelare types of cellulosederivatives known as celluloseethers,specifically Methyl Cellulose(MC), Hydroxy Propyl MethylCellulose(HPMC), Hydroxyethyl Cellulose(HEC), and Hydroxy EthylMethylCellulose (HEMC) made by steps below:

1. Soak the pure cellulose (purified cotton / wood pulp) in anaqueous caustic soda and organic solvent mix.
2. React the resultant alkaline cellulose with etherifying agents,such as alkyl halides or alkylene oxides
3. Recover the solvents and wash the product,
4. Dry and mill the ethereified product .

What it does:

GinShiCelcelluloseethers provides thickening power, waterretention ability,consistencydevelopment, suspension power,emulsion development,protective colloid,film formation,lubrication, solutionstabilization, and various otherfunctions.

How it functions:

Uponeachcellulose ether molecule are the cellulose chain, andthe ethergroup,such as the methoxy, the hydroxypropoxy, thehydroxyethoxygroups. Themethoxy group, hydroxyethoxy group, andhydroxypropoxygroups act aswater gatherers, although their abilityto gather watervary greatly bytype and number. These watergatherers, which areattached to aentangled backbone of cellulosechain, form a temporarybond between thewater molecule and itself.In doing so, water isphysically trapped bythis cellulose ethermolecule. Thus, thewaterborne particles which aredissolved in wateris also trapped, byvirtue of the flexible butentangled nature ofthe cellulose chain.This way, water is in effectretained, andemulsion and suspension isachieved, and because of thefrictionforce needed to smooth thecellulose chain, the solutionisthickened, and pseudoplasticity is achieved.

How it is used:

GinShiCelapplicationsare primarily focused on building materialsand paints,although it hasa wide range of industrial applicationsincluding, not limited to:

• Building material

• Paint

• Oil field operations

• Coatings

• Leather making

• Ceramics

• Agriculture

• PVC

Building material usages:

Plasters, Renders, & Stucco:

• base plasters
• Decorative Finish Plasters
• Repair Plasters
• Insulating Renders

Adhesives:

• Tile Adhesives
• EIFS Adhesives
• Wallpaper Adhesives

Jointing & Filling Compounds:

• Self-leveling compounds
• EIFS leveling compounds
• Wall leveling compounds
• Grouts

Special Applications:

• Underwater Concrete
• Extruded Construction Elements

Hydroxy Propyl Methyl Cellulose(HPMC)