Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) is a non-ionic cellulose ether. It is odorless, tasteless, off white powder, can be dissolved in water and forms transparent viscous solution. HPMC is widely used in building materials, ceramic extrusions, personal-care products and many other fields, It will improve your products in water retention, bonding ability, thickening effects, dispersion rate and suspension etc.
Lubrication
Improves workability and processing effect of cement-based and ceramic-based extrusions by its lubrication.
PH stability
Matecel® remains stable in the range of pH 3.0~11.0.
The solubility of Matecel® can largely increase in the presence of alkali environment.
Stable Chemistry
Compatible with other ionic and non-ionic additives in aqueous solutions while providing a stable combination when dissolved in water.
Save Cost
Large water demand of Matecel® can make your materials yield higher volume of outputs, and thus save your cost.
Thickening effects
Matecel® Increases viscosity of liquids in daily-chemical products and personal care products
Suspension effects
Enhances dispersion rate suspension effect and the stability of suspension systems, including concrete, mortar, EIFS system.
Water retention
Avoid quick water-loss during the drying of constructions, enhance water retention, ensure sufficient hydration time for cement-based, lime-based and gypsum-based materials.
Open time
Matecel® prolongs the open time during application, give more time for correction.
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Mortar/ Concrete/ EIFS/ ETICS
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Tile adhesive
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Renders / Plasters / Skim Coat
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Painting
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Ceramic Extrusion
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Home Care & Personal Care
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Self leveling
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Mortar/Concrete/EIFS/ETICS
Matecel cellulose gives the following excellent properties of dry-mix and ready-mixed mortar ：
- Excellent water retention rate
- Smooth workability
- Better Pumping
- Provide sufficient cement hydration time
- Give construction higher strength
Recommend：
PMK series
GLK series
PMEF series
GLE series
GMK series
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Tile adhesive
For different methods of binder, Matecel can provide various cellulose ether products to easily meet different requirements.
- Advanced workability
- High water demand and high output
- Excellent sag resistance
- Prolonged open time
- Easy to spread out and not sticking to knife
Recommend:：
GMK series
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Renders/Plasters/Skim Coat
Cement-based Renders
Cement based jointing and trowelling compounds are used for repairing systems and to smooth coarse walls and floors. Grouts are applied to fill the gaps between ceramic or stone tiles.
Recommend：
GMK series
GME series
GLK series
GLE series
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Gypsum-based Plasters
Gypsum shows excellent fire resistance but it’s not water resistant, therefore gypsum plasters are widely used for internal walls.
The main applications for gypsum-based construction materials are plasters (hand or machine applied), troweling compounds, joint fillers and adhesives.
With machine applied plasters, an efficient covering of large walls and ceiling areas is possible.
Recommend：
GMK series
GME series
GLK series
GLE series
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Skim Coat
Skim coat with Matecel® offers smooth wall surface. Bring easy workability, long pot life, excellent water retention and more.
Recommend：
GMEF series
GME series
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Painting
Matecel® can be used in water-based paints, with excellent emulsification effect, dispersion rate, stability and water retention. It will help paintings and costings to achieve better rheological property at different shear rates, so your products enjoy smooth leveling, good anti-peeling and slip resistance.
- Good enzyme resistance
- Smooth leveling and flow
- Advanced thickening ability
- Improve suspension rate
Recommend：
PMEF(S) series
PME(S) series
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Ceramic Extrusion
Matecel® can be used as plasticizer in Ceramic Extrusion. It can fasten hydration speed and increase expansion index of the ceramic.
- Good lubrication, conducive to extrusion molding
- Improve the strength of ceramic
- Adjust the viscosity of glaze, so it has good rheology, easy to apply
- Enhance the bonding ability ceramic surface and glaze so surface is smoother
Recommended：
PMEF series
MH1501 series
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Home Care & Personal Care
Home Care Products
Home Care products include all types of liquid products such as floor cleaners, detergents and dish washing products with pH between 4 - 11
Matecel can be used as a thickener to adjust the rheology of liquid detergents, adjust to desired appearance and ideal consistency.
Matecel enables viscous formulas and gel cleaners be extra useful and more favorable, because Matecel will let gel cleaners left on the surface and work for an extended period of time, so better cleaning result.
- Thickening effects
- Adjustment of consistency
- Compatibility with ionic surfactants
- Solutions of high transparency
Recommended：
PMEF(S) series
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Personal Care Products
Matecel can give good thickening effect to personal care products including Nurturing cosmetics (hair care, skin care and oral hygienea) and Decorative cosmetics (make-up, powders, eye shadow and mascara).
Matecel improves the foam stability of shaving foams, increases the stickiness of adhesive creams.
Matecel acts as a binder in powder make-ups, and eases the distribution of hair colouring agents.
- Thickening effects
- Adjustment of consistency
- Stabilisation
- Solutions of good clarity
Recommended：
PMEF(S) series
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Self leveling
Self leveling mortar can rely on its own weight to form a flat, smooth and solid foundation on the substrate, so as to lay or bond other materials, and can carry out large-area and efficient construction. Therefore, high fluidity is a very significant feature of self leveling mortar; In addition, it must also have a certain water retention and bonding strength, do not produce water separation, and have the characteristics of heat insulation and low temperature rise.
- High dispersion
- Low viscosity
- Wide adaptability to different self leveling formulation systems
Recommended：
MH401 series
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