What is peg 4000 used for?

With the addition of favorable flavors, it is palatable and increases children compliance with the treatment. Polyethylene Glycol 4000, referred to as PEG 4000, is used as an inactive ingredient in the pharmaceutical industry as a solvent, plasticizer, surfactant, ointments, and suppository base, and tablet and capsule lubricant.

What is a polyethylene glycol (PEG)?

Polyethylene glycols (PEGs) are condensation polymers of ethylene oxide and water with the general formula H (OCH 2 CH 2) n OH. They are the most commercially important type of polyether.

Can we produce other types of industrial grades of polyethylene glycols (pegs)?

We can produce other types of industrial grades of polyethylene Glycols (PEGs), moreover customized packing will be available according to customer’s request. Full information on the safety, handling and storage of industrial PEGs is available in the corresponding Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).

What is polyethylene glycol 4000?

Polyethylene Glycol 4000 is tasteless, non-toxic, hydrosoluble, non-absorbable and is not metabolized by colonic bacteria. It acts as a pure osmotic agent that adds moisture to stools to produce ‘hypocatharsis’. With the addition of favorable flavors, it is palatable and increases children compliance with the treatment.

Are pegs soluble in water?

Most PEGs include molecules with a distribution of molecular weights, i.e. they are polydisperse. PEGs are soluble in water, methanol, benzene, dichloromethane and is insoluble in diethyl ether and hexane.

Do pegs have different molecular weights?

While PEGs with different molecular weights find use in different applications and have different physical properties (e.g. viscosity) due to chain length effects, their chemical properties are nearly identical.