{"id":595,"date":"2018-02-28T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masterchem.ee\/?post_type=product&#038;p=595"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:09:07","slug":"glycerol","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/masterchem.ee\/en\/tooted-ja-teenused\/glycerol\/","title":{"rendered":"Glycerol (CAS 56-81-5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glycerol is used to produce\u00a0nitroglycerin, which is an essential ingredient of various explosives such as\u00a0dynamite,\u00a0gelignite, and propellants like\u00a0cordite. Reliance on soap-making to supply co-product glycerol made it difficult to increase production to meet wartime demand. Hence, synthetic glycerol processes were national defense priorities in the days leading up to World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is commonly used to relieve\u00a0angina pectoris, taken in the form of\u00a0sub-lingual\u00a0tablets, or as an aerosol\u00a0spray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Glycerol also has many uses in botanical and food industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Other names: Glycerin, Glycerine, Propanetriol, 1,2,3-Trihydroxypropane, 1,2,3-Propanetriol<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Glycerol\u00a0(also called\u00a0glycerine\u00a0or\u00a0glycerin; see\u00a0<a title=\"American and British English spelling differences\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences\">spelling differences<\/a>) is a simple\u00a0<a title=\"Polyol\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polyol\">polyol<\/a>\u00a0compound. It is a colorless, odorless,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Viscous\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viscous\">viscous<\/a>\u00a0liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic. The glycerol backbone is found in all\u00a0<a title=\"Lipid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lipid\">lipids<\/a>\u00a0known as\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Triglycerides\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triglycerides\">triglycerides<\/a>. It is widely used in the food industry as a sweetener and\u00a0<a title=\"Humectant\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humectant\">humectant<\/a>\u00a0and in\u00a0<a title=\"Pharmaceutical formulation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pharmaceutical_formulation\">pharmaceutical formulations<\/a>. Glycerol has three\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Hydroxyl group\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydroxyl_group\">hydroxyl groups<\/a>\u00a0that are responsible for its\u00a0<a title=\"Solubility\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solubility\">solubility<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"Water\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Water\">water<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0<a title=\"Hygroscopy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hygroscopy\">hygroscopic<\/a>\u00a0nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>CAS: 56-81-5<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/masterchem.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Glycerol-TDS-MasterChem.pdf\" class=\"pdf\" alt=\"Product Specification (TDS)\" title=\"Product Specification (TDS)\" rel=\"noopener\">Product Specification (TDS)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6545,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[292,288,321,305,349,256,40,63,58,62,64],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-595","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cosmetic-industry","7":"product_cat-feed-industry","8":"product_cat-fertilizers","9":"product_cat-food-industry","10":"product_cat-horticulture","11":"product_cat-plastic","12":"product_cat-uncategorized","13":"product_cat-antifreezing-liquids","14":"product_cat-car-and-machinery-chemicals","15":"product_cat-household-chemicals","16":"product_cat-pharmaceuticals","17":"pif-has-gallery","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-variable","25":"has-default-attributes"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Glycerol (CAS 56-81-5) - Chemistry For Industry - Solvents &amp; Chemicals - Masterchem.ee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Glycerol (also called glycerine or glycerin; see spelling differences) is a simple polyol compound. 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