Glycerin USP , Available Variants and Industry Usage

Also known by the name of Glycerol and Glycerine, Glycerin is colorless and odorless compound that serves a variety of purposes in different industries. Glycerin has a reputation for having more than 1,500 known uses. The chemical has low toxicity and majority of it is produced in USA and Europe. Production of Glycerin is supposed to increase in approaching years.

Molecular Forumlla Glycerin USP Kosher : C3H5(OH)3

Sources

Glycerin is a prominent byproduct when biodiesel is produced through the process of transesterification. It is also largely produced from fats and oils through different processes. Glycerin is also derived from triglycerides. Distillation process is required to derive high quality Glycerin.

• It is also derived from various natural and petrochemical feedstocks.

Usage

In pharmaceutical and personal care applications, it is found in cough syrups, elixirs, toothpaste, mouthwashes, skin care products, shaving cream, hair care products, soaps and water-based personal lubricants.

• Glycerin is used as a chemical intermediate to produce nitroglycerin and various other chemicals.
• There are also plenty botanical uses of Glycerin. It is used in place of ethanol for herbal extractions.
• It is also consumed orally to temporarily decrease internal pressure of the eye.

Though Glycerin was also used as antifreeze in previous years, it has been replaced by ethylene glycol now.

Benefits

As stated above, Glycerin serves a variety of applications in multiple industries. In personal care industry, it is used in the manufacturing of lotions, moisturizers and soaps. It is favored in multiple processes due to following characteristics;

• It is highly stable under normal storage conditions and doesn’t require special storage and handling arrangements.
• It is compatible to a vast range of chemical materials
• It doesn’t harm environment in any way.

Suppliers

Considering its large number of applications, Glycerin is required in various industry settings. Multiple US based firms offer Glycerin in their chemical catalogue. However, very few offer as many variants as Lab Express does. It is a chemical manufacturing and distributing firm that supplies Glycerin to product manufacturers and industry establishments all over the world.

Lab Express offers following variants of Glycerin With Their Pricing Details ;

• Alcohol-Glycerin, 50-50 Solution

Unit Size	Sku Number	Your Price
125 ML	A-092-125ML	$17.5500

• Glycerin Base TS, (USP Test Solution)

Unit Size Sku Number Your Price 125 ML LC14860-125ML $21.0000 500 ML LC14860-500ML $28.0000

• Glycerin Reagent

Unit Size	Sku Number	Your Price
20 LT	G1012-20LTPL	$856.8000
4 LT	G1012-4LTGL	$287.9500
4 X 4 LT	G1012-4LTGL	$287.9500
4 LT	G1012-4LTPL	$273.9500
4 X 4 LT	G1012-4LTPL	$273.9500
6 X 500 ML	G1012-500MLPL	$371.2500
500 ML	G1012-500MLPL	$371.2500
55 GL	G1012-55GLBL	$2650.5000

• Glycerin, Natural, USP, EP, BP, JP 

Unit Size	Sku Number	Your Price
1 LT	G1016-1LT	$999999.9900
200 LT	G1016-200LTBL	$1938.0000
20 LT	G1016-20LTPL	$712.2500
4 LT	G1016-4LTGL	$213.8000
4 X 4 LT	G1016-4LTGL	$213.8000
4 LT	G1016-4LTPL	$200.3000
4 X 4 LT	G1016-4LTPL	$200.3000
6 X 500 ML	G1016-500MLGL	$275.6000
500 ML	G1016-500MLGL	$275.6000
6 X 500 ML	G1016-500MLPL	$256.3500
500 ML	G1016-500MLPL	$256.35

and others...

Lab Express manufacturers all its 20, 000 chemicals and intermediates under the quality guidelines of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC).

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