| Melting point |
290-305 °C |
| Density |
1.01 g/cm3(Temp: 70 °C) |
| FEMA |
2696 | METHYL CELLULOSE |
| refractive index |
1.4970 |
| storage temp. |
Room Temperature |
| solubility |
Practically insoluble in hot water, in acetone, in anhydrous ethanol and in toluene. It dissolves in cold water giving a colloidal solution. |
| form |
powder |
| color |
White, yellow-white or grayish-white |
| Odor |
odorless |
| PH |
5.0 -8.0 |
| biological source |
wood (pulp cellulose) |
| Odor Type |
odorless |
| Water Solubility |
SOLUBLE IN COLD WATER |
| Merck |
14,6040 |
| Dielectric constant |
3.0（Ambient） |
| Stability |
Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, bleach, perchloric acid, nitric acid, perchlorates, alkali nitrates, alkali nitrites, calcium oxide. |
| Major Application |
pharmaceutical (small molecule) |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions |
BINDING
LIGHT STABILIZER
VISCOSITY CONTROLLING
EMULSION STABILISING |
| Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) |
Methyl cellulose (9004-67-5) |
| InChIKey |
YLGXILFCIXHCMC-JHGZEJCSSA-N |
| SMILES |
[*]OC[C@H]1O[C@@H](O[C@@H]2[C@@H](CO[*])O[C@@H](O[*])[C@H](O[*])[C@H]2O[*])[C@H](O[*])[C@@H](O[*])[C@@H]1O[*] |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
Methylcellulose (9004-67-5) |
