Propylene glycol is usually slightly sweet, odorless, colorless and transparent Oily liquid, hygroscopic, and easily mixed with water, acetone, and chloroform.
Propylene glycol has good viscosity and hygroscopicity, less viscosity, toxicity and irritation than glycerol, and good solubility, so it is widely used in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. Widely used as moisture absorbent, antifreeze, lubricant and solvent.
The specific application fields of propylene glycol are as follows:
Food industry: used in dairy foods and meat foods , baked goods, various beverages, candies, seasoned foods, etc.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing: health food, base materials, fillers, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical raw materials, etc.
Industrial products: petroleum industry, manufacturing, agricultural products, technology research and development, batteries, precision castings, etc.
Daily chemical products: facial cleanser, beauty cream, lotion, shampoo, toothpaste, shower gel, facial mask, etc.
Feed veterinary drugs: canned pets, animal feed, nutritional feed, genetically modified feed research and development, aquatic feed, vitamin feed, veterinary drug products, etc.
Test reagents: used for various types of test research and development, etc.
Other industries: flavoring, antifreeze and moisturizing agents that can replace glycerin tobacco.