Estratto di Idrossido - Benefici e Applicazioni
The market report lists the major players involved in the Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (MHEC) Market under the competitive landscape and company profile chapters. The major players in the market are evaluated based on their product and/or service offerings, financial statements, key developments, strategic approach to the market, position in the market, geographical penetration, and other key features. The chapter also highlights the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT analysis), winning imperatives, current focus and strategies, and threats from competition for the top three to five players in the market. Furthermore, the list of companies included in the market study can also be customized as per the client’s requirements. The competitive landscape section of the report covers details in terms of the top five company’s ranking, key developments such as recent developments, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, new product launches, etc., the company’s regional footprint, and company industry footprint as per the market and Ace matrix.
1. Thickening Agent: MHEC is often employed as a thickening agent in a variety of products such as paints, adhesives, and personal care items. It helps control the viscosity of these formulations.
In the past, attempts have been made to clarify the working mechanism of methyl cellulose (MC). Early works from Schweizer et al. present the effect of cellulose ethers on water retention and rheology of cementitious mortars and gypsum-based machinery plasters [15], [16]. They demonstrate that adsorption of methyl cellulose is clearly dependent on the degree of substitution (DS). At DS values of > 1.6 which are typical for MC products used in the building industry, only a minor amount (~ 20%) of the MC powder adsorbs. In a very skillful experiment the authors show that during the drying process of a gypsum-based render, MC migrates with the water to the surface of the render and is not retained by adsorption. Thus, they conclude that MC does not adsorb on the binder or its hydrates. Similar observations have been made by Yammamuro et al. [17].