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Carnauba wax

Properties

Melting point:: 81-86 °C

Density: 0.990-0.999

refractive index: 1.4500

storage temp.: -20°C Freezer

solubility: Practically insoluble in water, soluble on heating in ethyl acetate and in xylene, practically insoluble in alcohol.

form: Powder or Flakes

Specific Gravity: 0.990-0.999

color: Yellow

Odor: odorless

Water Solubility: Soluble in diethyl ether, alkali, chloroform. Slightly soluble in boiling ethanol. Insoluble in water.

Merck: 14,1846

Dielectric constant: 2.9（Ambient）

Stability:: Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

Safety Information

Safety Statements: 24/25

WGK Germany: 3

TSCA: Yes

HS Code: 15211000

Use

Carnauba wax is widely used in cosmetics, certain foods, and pharmaceutical formulations. Cosmetically, carnauba wax is commonly used in lip balms. Carnauba wax is the hardest and highest-melting of the waxes commonly used in pharmaceutical formulations and is used primarily as a 10% w/v aqueous emulsion to polish sugar-coated tablets. Aqueous emulsions may be prepared by mixing carnauba wax with an ethanolamine compound and oleic acid. The carnauba wax coating produces tablets of good luster without rubbing. Carnauba wax may also be used in powder form to polish sugarcoated tablets. Carnauba wax (10–50% w/w) is also used alone or with other excipients such as hypromellose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, alginate/ pectin-gelatin, Eudragit, and stearyl alcohol to produce sustainedrelease solid-dosage formulations. Carnauba wax has been experimentally investigated for use in producing microparticles in a novel hot air coating (HAC) process developed as an alternative to conventional spray-congealing techniques.(11) In addition, carnauba wax has been used to produce gel beads for intragastric floating drug delivery and has been investigated for use in nanoparticulate sunscreen formulations.