Maple Biotech Pvt Ltd

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Our company manufactures Cellulose Powder for Food & Pharmaceuticals application. is manufactured by chemical treatment of very high quality wood pulp followed by some other mechanical treatments.

Properties of Cellulose Powder:

Purity: Cellulose Powder is prepared from high purity cellulose pulp. It contains extremely little amount of impurities and almost no ash is left after its combustion.

Absorbing Property: Cellulose Powder is negatively charged in water. It can absorb metallic and cationic components from solutions containing such an ionic material.

Electric Properties: Cellulose Powder exhibits very superior electric resistanceproperty even at high humidity conditions as it has less water absorption tendency.

Thermal Properties: Cellulose Powder has very good thermal resistance but starts changing colour at 150 deg. centigrade.

Hygroscopicity: Cellulose Powder has certain limitation in moisture absorption. It has very low tendency to absorb moisture. At 65% relative humidity and 20 deg. centigrade it can absorb moisture maximum to 8% of its weight even after prolonged storage for several months at this condition.

Affinity for Dyes and Pigments: Cellulose Powder can be dyed homogeneously in the same manner as the dying of wood pulp, cotton etc. and moreover its affinities for pigments are also strong.

Solubility: Cellulose Powder is insoluble in water and most of the solvents except some special solvents for Cellulose like cuprammoniom.