Actually, PH value is not a very important property of HPMC, because it does not have a significant impact on the application, but we still need to know the PH value, and avoid HPMC’s PH value being too high or too low, and it would be better to keep it around 7, all right, let’s show you how to test the PH value.
1). What equipments do we need to test the PH value of HPMC?
- 0.0001 g analytical balance
2. 0.01g analytical balance
3. heating magnetic stirrer
4. digital overhead stirrer
2). Testing steps
- get 1.0000 g HPMC
- get 99.00 g hot water
- put the HPMC into the hot water
- keep stirring the solution for several minutes
- put the beaker into the cold bath and keep stirring
- test the temperature to make sure it’s under 25 degrees.
- keep stirring while heating until it’s up to 25 degrees.
- test the PH value
All right, the test result is 7.9, and it is between 5.0-7.5. it could totally meet your need if it’s used in building materials, and we do this test after each batch, so please if you need HPMC, just feel free to contact us.