Yellow dextrin
Yellow dextrin
Name: Yellow dextrin
Synonyms: dextrin, dextrine, E1400
Genre: Clean
Chemical formula: (C6H10O5) n
Dextrins are starch hydrolysis products. They are a mixture of substances of varying degrees of breakdown of the starch molecule. The production of dextrins consists in heating dry potato meal at a temperature of about 200 ° C, in the presence or absence of acids. A common feature of all dextrins is their insolubility in alcohol, thanks to which alcohol precipitates out of the aqueous solution.
Yellow dextrin - obtained from starch is used for molding sands for small and medium castings. Yellow dextrin is used in the paper, foundry, printing and many other industries. Used for the product of adhesives (adhesive tapes, envelopes, etc.) and stiffeners, it is used as a thickener, stabilizer and binding agent. This substance can be used in the form of a solution or a dry form. Dextrin is the most popular of the binders used in pyrotechnics.
Applications of yellow dextrin:
Used as non-toxic office adhesives with a characteristic sweet taste;
cheap plastic masses, from which you can produce, for example, disposable, ecological dishes;
as an adhesive, stiffening and thickening agent.