DESCRIPTION OF GLYOXAL
Glyoxal, the smallest dialdehyde, is a highly reactive chemical intermediate used primarily in the preparation of pharmaceuticals, paper and textiles. It is miscible in water and has a weak sour odour.
SAFETY
Glyoxal is a skin and eye irritant. Inhalation is harmful and may cause respiratory irritation.
Kindly refer to the company's Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for detailed safety information.
Common synonyms
Biformyl
Diformyl
Ethanedial
Ethanedione
1,2 - Ethanedione
Glyoxaldehyde
Glyoxal aldehyde
Features
White transparent liquid, specific gravity 1.27. soluble in water, ether and ethanol. Chemical Property is very lively and easy to aggregate into a white resinous solid.
Application of glyoxal
Application | Characteristic | Function |
Textiles | textile auxiliary agent | 1.Softer and less wrinkled textiles 2.finishing clothing, 2D resin, M2D resin |
Paper | Transient wet strength agent | 1. Paper wet strength (e.g. toilet paper) |
Leather | Crosslinking in tanning process | Preservation of leather quality |
Cosmetics | Use of glyoxal-crosslinking | Better viscosity |
construction industry | cement curing agent | improve the solidification strength, as a control landslides, can prevent the loss of mud to prevent the collapse. |
intermediate area | intermediate | mainly for glyoxylate, D-hydroxyphenylglycine, allantoin, benzene Enzyme pharynx, berberine |
Epoxy | Building block for specific epoxy | Higher epoxy stability performance |
Oil & Gas | 1.Sulfur scavenger | 1.Anti-corrosive |
Disinfection | Biocidal active ingredient for | 1.Co-biocide for disinfectants used in the health industry and in veterinary hygiene |
Glyoxylic Acid | raw material | Serves as an intermediate for vanillin, agricultural chemicals, antibiotics, allantoin, complexing agents |
Specification of glyoxal
We can provide high quality glyoxal with Formaldehyde less than 100 PPM.
We had cooperate with BASF in 2009, and we passed the audited via GE(in US) in June,2014.
Inspection Characteristic | Specification |
Appearance | Colorless transparent liquid |
Assay | 40±0.5% |
Acidity | MAX 0.15% |
Color value | MAX 20 APHA |
Formaldehyde | MAX 100 PPM |
Glycol | MAX 1.5% |
PH | MIN 2.0 |
Density at 20℃ | 1.26-1.300 g/cm³ |
Operative standard: Enterprise inner standard Q321088GQY001-2013 (Add enterprise standard forms, including Glyoxal, alcohol, formaldehyde, acid)
Package of glyoxal
1. 250kg /plastic drum,20 tons /20 foot container.
2. 1250 kg/IBC drum,20 tons /20 foot container.
3. 20-26tons per ISO-TANK
or packed according to the requirements of customers.
STORAGE AND HANDLING
Glyoxal has a shelf life of 12 months if stored in cool dry place without exposure to air. The product may turn yellow on extended period of storage but it does not change its chemical properties.
We production glyoxal from 1996,and export via ourselves from 2011.We have obvious growth in sales each year,And now also continues to grow.
REVENUE GROWTH-COMPANY AS A WHOLE
Why choose us ?
We export our glyoxal to more than 27 countries, and has been cooperate with more than 108 clients ,our clients make us pride.
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