Corn dextrin
Application
Dextrins are produced out of corn or potato starch and differ by the catalyst used in production; either acid or alum.
Dextrin is available in the follow three colur classifications: white, straw coloured or yellow.
Depending on the physical and chemical characteristics there are three standards for dextrines (for each color separately) — the highest, the first and the second standard.
Dextrin gets used in the preparation of adhesives in textile, printing,
Dextrin is also used in foundries (for bonding foundry sand), in the production of glass fiber (for grinding threads immediately after their formation), light industry (to increase the density of the textile dyes), in the food industry (as carriers of active ingredients and food powders dyes).
Guaranteed shelf life
1 year from date of manufacture.
| Item | Norm | ||||||||
| White | Straw coloured | Yellow | |||||||
| Premium | First | Second | Premium | First | Second | Premium | First | Second | |
| Humidity, %, not more | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mass fraction of total ash in terms of the absolute substance, % | 0.22 | 0.35 | — | 0.22 | 0.35 | — | 0.22 | 0.35 | — |
| Acidity, cm і, sodium hydroxide solution with a molar concentration of 0.1 mol/dm і per 100 g of absolutely dry dextrin, no more: | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Degree of dextrin’s solubility in terms of absolutely dry substance at 20 °C, %, not less | 62 | 62 | 62 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
| Amount of specks on 1 dmі of dextrin when looking without special optic equipment, no more | 300 | 700 | — | 300 | 700 | — | 300 | 700 | — |