Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HPMC)

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Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) is a derivative of Methyl cellulose. HPMC is a non-ionic cellulose ether made from natural renewable polymer, such as cotton or wood pulp. It is an odourless, tasteless and non-toxic white powder, which can be dissolved in cold water to form a transparent viscous solution.

Product Types

Celotech is producing and providing different types of HPMC for different fields of applications, generally Celopro HPMC series are consists of 3 types of standard products & several types of modified product.

Standard Types:Celopro MK, Celopro MF, Celopro ME

Modified Types: Celopro MT, Celopro MX, Celopro DK, Celopro CX

Physical and Chemical Specification

Specification	ME	MK
Residue on ignition:	≤1.5%	≤1%
Methoxyl content:	28.0-30.0%	19.0-24.0%
Hydroxypropoxyl content:	4.0-12.0%
Apparent viscosity(CPS)	5, 6, 15, 4, 4000, 50	4000, 15000, 100000, 150000

Pharmaceutical Grade HPMC

Type	Viscosity(cps)	Series
ME5	4.0–6.0	Celopre® ME
ME6	5.4–6.6
ME15	10.0–20.0
ME4	3.6–4.4
ME4000	3000–5000
ME50	40.0–60.0
MK4000	3000 – 5000	Celopre® MK
MK15000	13,000 – 17,000
MK100000	80,000 – 120,000
MK15M	13,000 – 17,000

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