HEC Natrosol 250 Equivalent Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose White Powder Industrial Grade

• Customization: Available
• Color: White
• Function: Improved Workability, Increased Durability, Increasing Viscosity
• Model NO.: HEC30, HEC60, HEC60BE
• Solubility: Oil Soluble
• Texture: Powder
• Type: Natural Thickening Agent
• Viscosity: 2500
• Loss on Drying: Below 6
• D.S: 0.8-1.2
• CAS No.: 9004-62-0
• Transport Package: 25kg Standardized Packaging for Safe Transport
• Specification: 25kg/bag
• Trademark: Celix
• Origin: China
• HS Code: 3912390000
• Production Capacity: 30000 Tons

Product Description

HEC Properties

Film formation

Water Retention

Surface Activity

HEC exhibits excellent film-forming ability, creating a uniform, flexible, and transparent layer on surfaces. This property enhances coating performance, improves substrate protection, and helps stabilize formulations. Film formation is particularly useful in paints, cosmetics, and construction applications, providing smoothness, adhesion, and durability to finished products..

Enzyme resistance

HEC demonstrates good resistance against enzymatic degradation, allowing longer-lasting performance in biological or aqueous environments.

PH Stability
HEC maintains stable viscosity and performance across a wide pH range, typically from acidic to alkaline conditions.

HEC provides superior water retention by slowing down evaporation and maintaining moisture in mixtures. This improves workability, adhesion, and curing time in cement, mortar, and cosmetic products. By retaining water, HEC ensures uniform hydration, prevents premature drying, and enhances overall performance in diverse industrial and consumer applications.

Pseudoplasticity

HEC solutions demonstrate pseudoplastic behavior, where viscosity decreases under shear stress and recovers at rest. This rheological property provides easy application during mixing, pumping, or brushing, while preventing sagging or dripping afterward. Pseudoplasticity improves coating uniformity, enhances spreadability, and supports stable performance in construction, cosmetics, and household formulations.

HEC exhibits surface-active properties, helping to stabilize emulsions, suspensions, and dispersions. It improves wetting, spreading, and compatibility among different formulation components. Acting as a stabilizer, it minimizes phase separation and sedimentation, making it valuable in paints, cosmetics, and cleaning products, where uniformity and consistency are critical for quality.

Thickening Effect

HEC is widely recognized for its excellent thickening and binding properties. It increases viscosity, enhances texture, and stabilizes suspensions, improving overall formulation performance. As a binder, it holds components together, preventing segregation or settling. This makes it highly valuable in paints, adhesives, coatings, cosmetics, and construction materials.

HEC Manufacturing Process

Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC) is produced by the etherification of cellulose. First, purified natural cellulose, usually from wood pulp or cotton linters, is alkalized using sodium hydroxide to activate hydroxyl groups. Then, ethylene oxide is introduced under controlled temperature and pressure, reacting with the cellulose to form hydroxyethyl groups. This substitution improves solubility and functionality. The reaction mixture is then neutralized, washed to remove byproducts such as salts and unreacted chemicals, and carefully dried. Finally, the HEC is milled and sieved into different grades of powder, depending on viscosity and application requirements. The process is carefully monitored to ensure consistency, high purity, and performance across industries like paints, construction, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

Specification

Exterior	white to off-white powder substance
Loss on Drying	≤6
Viscosity(2%, 20℃, Mpa.s)	30000-50000
Graininess	98% passed 100 mesh
D.S	0.8-1.2

Applications

Packaging & Shipping

Celix Brand Package

Other Package

Packing: In 25kg bags out HDPE bags inner with LDPE bags
Store it in a cool, dry place below 30degree and protected against humidity and pressing, since the goods is thermoplastic, storage time should not exceed six months.
Quantity/20GP:12Tons with pallets,14tons without pallets.
Quantity/40GP:24Tons with pallets ,28tons without pallets.

Packing: In 25kg bags out HDPE bags inner with LDPE bags
Store it in a cool, dry place below 30degree and protected against humidity and pressing, since the goods is thermoplastic, storage time should not exceed six months.
Quantity/20GP:12Tons with pallets,14tons without pallets.
Quantity/40GP:24Tons with pallets ,28tons without pallets.

Certifications

FAQ

1. Are you a factory or a trading company?

We are a factory, which has the trade right.

2. How is the MOQ of the HEC?

The MOQ is 1kg.

3. How long will you take to delivery the good?

It's about 10 days to delivery the goods since the PI signed.

4. Where is the loading port?

Tianjing.

5. What kind of payment tere will you accept?

TT, LC and other negotiationable payment term with our VIP customer.

Company Profile

Every single gram, caring for the life with dedication.

Hebei Celix Cellulose Co., Ltd., is a professional manufacturer specializing in cellulose technology and high-performance construction additives. As an excellent manufacturer of 18 years, our products include HPMC, HEC, MHEC, RDP, PCE, PVA, defoamers, and calcium formate, widely applied in construction, coatings, and daily chemicals.

Celix Cellulose advocates the technology that drives the development of green materials. Based in the Hebei province of China, Celix established 2 laboratories and 1 factory to support the sustainable technology development and explore the potential of cellulose-based solutions for greener and more efficient materials. As a trusted cellulose manufacturer in China, we commit to completing 30000 tons of production capacity yearly with confidence.

Choose Celix, because "Every single gram, caring for the life with dedication.