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| Catalog Number | NAT-0059 |
| Product Name | Sodium alginate |
| Description | Sodium alginate is the sodium salt of alginic acid, a natural polysaccharide found in brown algae. It is generally used as a stabilizer and thickener in the food industry. Sodium alginate may undergo cross-linking in the presence of divalent cations such as Ca2+ to form biodegradable stable gels, which finds applications as a material for cell encapsulation and immobilization. |
| Source | synthetic |
| Shipping & Packaging | 1 kg in poly bottle 5 kg in poly drum |
| Components | A straight-chain, hydrophilic, colloidal, polyuronic acid composed of glucuronic and mannuronic acid residues. |
| impurities | no known allergens |