At a Glance
Material Family
Specialty Additives
Record Type
Polymer
Primary Role
Thickening / Rheology · Film Formation
Functional Roles
Industries Served
Applications & Use Cases
- ▸ Used as a cold-soluble thickener and water-binder in textile print pastes, where its galactomannan backbone controls paste rheology and sharpens print definition for reactive and pigment dyeing.
- ▸ Functions as a viscosifier and fluid-loss-control additive in oil and gas drilling muds and in mining/mineral-processing slurries, building viscosity at low loadings.
- ▸ Acts as a synergistic gelling agent with xanthan, carrageenan, and agar in food and beverage systems, providing thickening, freeze-thaw stability, and ice-crystal control in dairy, frozen desserts, and sauces.
- ▸ Serves as a sizing, finishing, and coating aid in paper and textile manufacturing, improving film formation, surface strength, and moisture retention.
- ▸ Employed as a crosslinkable binder base in specialty industrial formulations (e.g., explosives slurries and agricultural seed coatings) where controlled water retention and viscosity build are required.
Physical Properties
Appearance
White to off-white / cream powder (typical)
Odor
Odorless to faint, characteristic (typical)
Form
Free-flowing powder (typical)
Composition
Galactomannan polysaccharide, mannose:galactose ~4:1 (typical)
Molecular Weight
~50,000-3,000,000 g/mol (typical polymer range)
Water Solubility
Cold-water swelling; full hydration requires heating to ~80-85 C (typical)
pH 1% Solution
5.4-7.0 (typical)
Loss on Drying
<=14% (typical food grade)
Bulk Density
~0.7-0.8 g/cm3 (typical)
Safety & Handling
Full SDS available on request
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Chemical Identity
CAS Number
9000-40-2
Synonyms & Trade Names
Full Description
Regulatory & registration requirements
- TSCA (US):
- REACH (EU): Not determined from public registry
- EC number: 232-541-5
TSCA Inventory flag XU: a substance exempt from reporting under the Chemical Data Reporting Rule (40 CFR 711) (EPA flag legend).
Source: EPA TSCA Inventory (July 2025 release) · ECHA CHEM — retrieved 2026-07-12
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