Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose（MHEC）

Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose is a non-ionic cellulose ether made from natural polymer material cellulose through a series of etherification. It is a white powder that swells in cold water into a clear or slightly turbid colloidal solution. It is soluble in cold water and most organic solvents. Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose has significant thickening, water retention, suspension stability, dispersibility, cohesiveness, film-forming properties,  etc.

Feature:

water retention : Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose can be used as a water retention agent in building materials. Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose can effectively prevent too fast and low penetration of water into the base surface in cement-based products, allowing more water to stay in the mortar and participate in the cement hydration reaction. Compared with HPMC, Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose shows excellent thermal stability and good water retention.

Easy workability: Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose is widely used as an additive to building chemicals and it commits improved open time, lubrication, and resistance to sagging for cement-based or gypsum-based dry mix mortars, through which to realize easy workability.

Thickening Effect: Methyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose is used very often as a thickener in building applications as it prevents segregation and improves the cohesion of the formulation components. The addition of cellulose ether imparts excellent stickiness to wet mortar. That can significantly increase the adhesion of wet mortar to the base layer and improve the sag resistance of the mortar.

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